To divert (attention, etc.).
To touch the ball, often unwittingly, after a shot or a sharp pass, thereby making it unpredictable for the other players.
To make (something) deviate from its original path.
To avoid addressing (questions, criticism, etc.).
To deviate from its original path.
To divert or distract (someone) from a main issue or course of action with an alternate or less relevant topic or activity; or, to use deliberate trickery or sly wordplay when talking to (a person) in order to avoid discussion of a subject.
To deviate briefly from the topic at hand.
To sideline; to push aside; to divert or distract from, reducing (something) to a secondary or subordinate position.
To divert (a locomotive or train) on to a lesser used track in order to allow other trains to pass.
An alternate train of thought, issue, topic, or activity, that is a deviation or distraction from the topic at hand or central activity, and secondary or subordinate in importance or effectiveness.
A second, relatively short length of track just to the side of a railroad track, joined to the main track by switches at one or both ends, used either for unloading freight, or to allow two trains on a same track to meet (opposite directions) or pass (same direction); a railroad siding.
Any auxiliary railroad track, as differentiated from a siding, that runs adjacent to the main track.
A smaller tunnel or well drilled as an auxiliary off a main tunnel or well.