unfocus
blur
tenuki
distract
deflect
red herring
defocus
bat away
abience
focusable
focus
antichemotaxis
misdirect
extrafocal
diversion
wander
upstage
aside
distraction
distractionist
away
refocus
diversionism
put off
misdirection
whoosh
stick to one's text
lose the thread
stray
shut one's eyes
divagate
take one's eye off the ball
offset
antitaxic
backpedal
digress
space out
distractionism
tune out
infacility
start a fresh hare
sidetrack
overfocus
divergence
divergency
back away
leave to the imagination
suppression
blow a backsight
head in the clouds
negative reinforcing stimulus
bound up
dementalize
divert
lose
negative reinforcer
exclusion
elision
fail to notice
in the zone
out of one's system
slip through the cracks
exception
lose the plot
sideline
refocusing
unlearn
suppress
lose track
transduction
wooze
recall
take a step back
presence
stick to business
dismissal
zero in
unrate
block out
three-quarter
unconfound
withdraw
downregulation
optimize out
drift off
aversive conditioning
ironic process theory
confusionism
entrained thinking
tunnel vision
strip away
uncondition
stick to one's knitting
look off
distance