put off the track

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.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Sharon	['ʃærən]
SÜHeyla	-	Turkish
Cruz	KROOTH (Spanish), KROOS (Latin American Spanish), KROOSH (Portuguese)	Spanish, Portuguese
Tyron	-	English
Cadwalader	-	Welsh
Kristian	KREES-tyahn (Swedish), KREES-tee-ahn (Finnish)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish