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put off the track

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put someone off the track

 and put someone off the trail

to cause someone to lose a trail that is being followed. (See also put someone off the scent; throw someone off the track.) A distraction put me off the track and I almost got lost in the jungle. I was following an escaped convict and something put me off the trail.

See also: off, put, track