divert from
divert (someone or something) from (someone or something)
To induce someone or something to change focus. Good luck diverting the kids away from cartoons so that they'll do their homework.
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divert someone or something from someone or something
to turn someone or something aside or away from someone or something. We could not divert his attention from his mother. I could not divert the woman from her interest in the book.
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