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Distract
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Distract
/dɪˈstrækt/
To take someone's attention away from something
Synonyms:
divert
sidetrack
disturb
interrupt
mislead
Antonyms:
focus
concentrate
Examples:
I got
distracted
.
She's quite adept at
distracting
us from it.
She asks flashing me some sweet, innocent glare to
distract
me.
Etymology:
From Latin distractus, past participle of distrahere
draw apart, break apart
, from dis-
apart
+ trahere
to draw
.
Usage Statistics:
17 mentions per 1 million words
Moderate
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