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