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off the track
Idioms and Phrases
Away from one's objective, train of thought, or a sequence of events, It is often put as get or put or throw off the track , as in Your question has gotten me off the track , or The interruption threw Mom off the track and she forgot what she'd already put into the stew . This term comes from railroading, where it means “derailed.†Its figurative use was first recorded in 1875.Example Sentences
How they respond to him off the track is a different question.
There was little doubt it was a Trump-friendly crowd both on and off the track.
Constitution Hill has been off the track with a variety of issues since winning at Kempton 12 months ago but has been declared in a four-strong field.
We started to see some misdemeanours with Max Verstappen forcing Lando Norris off the track in Austin first and then in Mexico City.
Magnussen moved off the track inside the kerb at Turn 13 in an attempt to ensure he did not impede the Mercedes but hit a bollard on the kerb and knocked it on to the track.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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