divert from

divert someone or something from someone or something

to turn someone or something aside or away from someone or something. We could not divert his attention from his mother. I could not divert the woman from her interest in the book.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Gregorios	-	Greek, Late Greek
Nicolette	[.nikə'let]
Irena	ee-RE-nah (Polish), ee-RAY-nah (Dutch)	Polish, Czech, Slovene, Croatian, Serbian, Dutch, Lithuanian
Andria	-	Georgian, Corsican
Raffaele	-	Italian
Witt	[wit]