Usually means: Veers off the intended path.
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General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. derails: Merriam-Webster
  2. derails: Collins English Dictionary
  3. derails: Vocabulary.com
  4. Derails, derails: Wordnik
  5. derails: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. derails: Wiktionary
  7. derails: Dictionary.com
  8. derails: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. derails: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. derails: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. derails: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (derail)

noun:  Synonym of derailer: A device placed on railway tracks in order to cause a train to derail.
noun:  An instance of diverting a conversation or debate from its original topic.
verb:  (transitive) To cause to come off the tracks.
verb:  (intransitive) To come off the tracks.
verb:  (intransitive, figurative) To deviate from the previous course or direction.
verb:  (transitive, figurative) To cause to deviate from a set course or direction.
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