verb
- to divert, to distract, to shift, to sidetrack
- to deflect
- figuratively to derail (e.g. a movement, a process)
- to bypass, to reroute, to redirect
- to siphon, to siphon off (e.g. money, funds)
- to forward (a phone call)
- to avert (e.g. one's eyes or gaze)
- to change (e.g. the subject, the course, the conversation)
- to shunt
- figuratively to shunt (i.e. move aside)
- reflexive to deviate, to detour, to turn aside, to depart
- reflexive to turn off, to veer (e.g. to take an exit)
- reflexive to branch off, to fork off (e.g. a road or highway)
- reflexive to swerve, to go off course
- reflexive to get sidetracked