divert the attention (verb)
61detract — /dəˈtrækt / (say duh trakt) verb (t) 1. to take away (a part): to detract one s share. 2. to draw away or divert: to detract one s attention. –phrase 3. detract from, to take away some part from, as from quality, value, or reputation: the ugly… …
62upstage — ► ADVERB & ADJECTIVE ▪ at or towards the back of a stage. ► VERB 1) divert attention from (someone) towards oneself. 2) (of an actor) move towards the back of a stage to make (another actor) face away from the audience …
63externalize — [[t]ɪkstɜ͟ː(r)nəlaɪz[/t]] externalizes, externalizing, externalized VERB If you externalize your ideas or feelings, you express them openly, in words or actions. [FORMAL] [V n] For the Prime Minister, externalising the problem would divert… …
64interest — 1. noun 1) we listened with interest Syn: attentiveness, attention, absorption; heed, regard, notice; curiosity, inquisitiveness; enjoyment, delight, enthusiasm Ant: boredom 2) …
65distract — I. adjective Date: 14th century archaic insane, mad II. transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Latin distractus, past participle of distrahere, literally, to draw apart, from dis + trahere to draw Date: 14th century 1 …
66interest — 1. noun 1) we listened with interest Syn: attentiveness, attention, regard, notice, curiosity, enjoyment, delight 2) this will be of interest Syn: concern, consequence, importance …
