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to divert (e.g. one's mind)
  1. 1 to divert (e.g. one's mind), to distract, to relieve (boredom, sorrow, etc.), to drown (one's sorrows), to beguile (the time)
  2. 2 to conceal (e.g. one's grief with a smile), to hide, to shift (the conversation), to change (the subject)
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· examples

  • He diverted himself by listening to music.

  • The old man beguiled the weary day with cards.

  • I distracted myself from the boredom of my long journey by reading mysteries.

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