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sidetrack

verb as in divert

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"My ambition was not to be a music photographer, my ambition was to be a war photographer - but I got a sidetracked in a great way," he says.

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But now, that focus isn’t being sidetracked by worries about his body, or limitations to his “bowl.”

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“He had the ambition and the drive to do something great and not get sidetracked or settle for less,” says Campbell.

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"I suppose you don't want to get overly emotional and make it too big a thing and get sidetracked from the main objective," Doris said of the legendary trio's home swansong.

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And while he’s searching for a show in his questions, sometimes he gets sidetracked with sparks of genuine interest.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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