side-tracked

But for me, listening to a five-minute voice note from a friend updating me about their life is painful - they get side-tracked, every second word is "like" or "uhm" and the whole story could have been told in a couple of text messages.

Let’s not get side-tracked with irrelevant cheap shots.

Ideas for new laws can get bogged down, side-tracked, amended, and a government can run out of time or enthusiasm to pursue them.

Instead, “almost all that money has been side-tracked to fund the military industrial-complex and support stability in the economy”.

The Celtic manager Ange Postecoglou says he wants to enjoy his side's Scottish Cup and domestic treble triumph rather than be "side-tracked" by talking about his future.