distract
deflect
divertingly
unfocus
distractionist
red herring
upstage
deter
preoccupy
divert
catch the eye
disimagine
blemish
adumbrate
hang upon
underscorer
abstract
catch someone napping
space out
derangingly
divagate
laxist
bedazzle
destress
diversionary
diversionism
distracter
take one's eye off the ball
change the channel
elude
skim
tenuki
send to Coventry
overstress
arrestingly
branch off
but who's counting
withdraw
alien
diversion
put off
blind with science
unlearn
distorter
blackball
turn one's back
blow this pop stand
take it into one's head
grab
reobscure