What part of speech is sidetracking?

Sidetracking can be categorized as a verb.

Parts of speech

1. sidetracking is a verb, gerund of sidetrack (infinitive).

Inflections

Verb

Infinitive

Present

Simple Past

Past Participle

Gerund
(to) sidetrack

sidetrack / sidetracks

sidetracked

sidetracked

sidetracking

Infinitive: (to) sidetrack
Present: sidetrack / sidetracks
Simple Past: sidetracked
Past Participle: (have) sidetracked
Gerund: sidetracking

What does sidetracking mean?

Definitions

Verb
sidetrack - wander from a direct or straight course

Examples of sidetracking

#		Sentence
1.	verb	He tried to sidetrack the discussion.
2.	verb	This conversation is fascinating, but I don't want to sidetrack from our main purpose.
3.	verb	He tried to sidetrack the discussion.
4.	verb	This conversation is fascinating, but I don't want to sidetrack from our main purpose.

Sentence
verb
He tried to sidetrack the discussion.
This conversation is fascinating, but I don't want to sidetrack from our main purpose.
He tried to sidetrack the discussion.
This conversation is fascinating, but I don't want to sidetrack from our main purpose.

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