lead away


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w>lead away

vt sep → wegführen or -bringen; criminal, prisoner → abführen; we must not allow this argument to lead us away from the matter in hand → wir dürfen uns durch dieses Argument nicht vom eigentlichen Thema abbringen lassen
vi → wegführen; this is leading away from the subject → das führt vom Thema ab
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