off the track

off the track
   If something puts or throws you off your track, it distracts you or keeps you from achieving what you want.
  (Dorking School Dictionary)

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  • off the track — If something puts or throws you off your track, it distracts you or keeps you from achieving what you want …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • off the track — mod. not on a productive course; following the wrong lead. □ You are off the track just a little. Let me help you. □ I was off the track for a while, but now everything is OK …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • off the track — away from the path; not on the right course; mistaken …   English contemporary dictionary

  • off the track — idi departing from the objective or the subject at hand; astray …   From formal English to slang

  • throw off the track — {v. phr.} To divert; mislead; confuse. * /The clever criminals threw the detective off the track by changing their names and faces./ Contrast: OFF THE BEATEN TRACK …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • throw off the track — {v. phr.} To divert; mislead; confuse. * /The clever criminals threw the detective off the track by changing their names and faces./ Contrast: OFF THE BEATEN TRACK …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • throw\ off\ the\ track — v. phr. To divert; mislead; confuse. The clever criminals threw the detective off the track by changing their names and faces. Contrast: off the beaten track …   Словарь американских идиом

  • put off the track — index divert, obfuscate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • went off the track — went off the path, veered from his usual direction …   English contemporary dictionary

  • off the wall — Synonyms and related words: absurd, balmy, bananas, barmy, bats, batty, beany, bonkers, buggy, bughouse, bugs, crackers, cuckoo, curious, daffy, dippy, dotty, eccentric, flaky, flipped, freaked out, freaked out, freaky, fruitcakey, fruity, funny …   Moby Thesaurus

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