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distrarre — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • distract verb To pull someone's attention away from what they should be focusing on.
  • divert verb To change the direction or course of something.
  • steal verb To take something that belongs to someone else without permission or intention of returning it.

Senses

distrarre is used for these senses in English:

  • distract (transitive) To divert the attention of.
  • divert (transitive) To distract.
  • steal (transitive) To take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned by someone else without intending to return it.
  • steal (transitive) To draw attention unexpectedly in (an entertainment), especially by being the outstanding performer. Usually used in the phrase steal the show.

divert — full definition

  1. verb To change the direction or course of something.
  2. verb To draw someone's attention away from something.
  3. verb To entertain or amuse someone.

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