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Derail   Listen
verb
Derail  v. t.  (past & past part. derailed; pres. part. derailing)  To cause to run off from the rails of a railroad, as a locomotive.






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"Derail" Quotes from Famous Books



... two-finger movement, relief would come quickly, with a splutter and a stammering apology for not catching her last remark. My volubility from that point to the next attack, when interrupted by a suggestion which would derail me, or by a third party not following our train of thought, would impress the hearer that it was the collar which was tight. This remarkable misfortune, of course, deprived me of the influence of the bashful man, and as I was no dissembler ...
— Cupid's Middleman • Edward B. Lent



Words linked to "Derail" :   subvert, locomote, go, undermine, derailment, counteract, travel, sabotage



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