withdraw
deter
catch someone napping
sidetrack
catch flies
misdirection
distraction
wade in
inconspicuously
occupation
get in someone's hair
potter
jazz
detain
preoccupy
shanghai
put by
you haven't lived
wait
run out of town
falter
rationalization
misdirect
deflect
diversion
moonlight
play
dishearten
toy
upstage
sports
tenuki
red herring
temporizing
get it out of my system
vacillate
cause
in the zone
soak up
interesting
put the change on someone
holler copper
close down
disinhibitor
cut the ground from under someone's feet
divert
delaying tactic
ignore
turn to
input
while
feign
diversionism
stand aside
de-emphasize
take one's eye off the ball
seal someone's fate
stimulus
stimulant
balls about
dial back
memory-hole
rid
stimulation
put off
thwarting
caprice
frustration
amusement
get off
play fast and loose
foiling
draw a veil over
bog
dodger
shackle
entertainment
whoosh
stick to business
distract
dabble
take away
position
miscue
borrow
shadowbox
jack off
lose the thread
refrain
run out
stall
power trip
duck out
forbear
slip through the cracks
beat around the bush

English words for 'To distract or divert (someone) from a course of action, a goal, etc.'

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