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
Dragoslav	-	Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Medieval Slavic
Iesus	-	Biblical Latin
Drusilla	droo-SIL-ə (English)	Biblical, Ancient Roman, Biblical Latin
Deja	-	Various
Karsten	KAHR-sten (Low German)	Low German, Danish, Norwegian
Kokoro	ko-ko-ṙo	Japanese