off on a sidetrack

*off on a sidetrack

Fig. on a digression; discussing a topic that is not the main topic. (Alludes to a train waiting on a siding. *Typically: be ~; get ~; get someone~.) Anne got off on a sidetrack and never returned to her topic. The ineffective committee got off on one sidetrack after another.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Kekepania	-	Hawaiian
Ab	[æb]
Mehdi	-	Persian
Liora	-	Hebrew
Kephas	-	Biblical Greek
Alden	['ɔ:ldən]