get sidetracked
Example Sentences
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But Ravichandran sees a chance that satellite companies get sidetracked and develop products aimed at deep-pocketed defense customers at the expense of other opportunities.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026
“He had the ambition and the drive to do something great and not get sidetracked or settle for less,” says Campbell.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2025
"I suppose you don't want to get overly emotional and make it too big a thing and get sidetracked from the main objective," Doris said of the legendary trio's home swansong.
From BBC • Mar. 8, 2025
But in DeBoer’s world, forging that mindset in spring is a key building block to what he hopes will be a fall and winter in which the lofty expectations for Washington don’t get sidetracked.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 3, 2023
I let the sass slide because I was making a point and didn’t want to get sidetracked.
From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia
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