Divert

Divert

Definition -

1. VERB - To divert vehicles or travellers means to make them follow a different route or go to a different destination than they originally intended. You can also say that someone or something diverts from a particular route or to a particular place.

2. VERB - To divert money or resources means to cause them to be used for a different purpose.

3. VERB - To divert a phone call means to send it to a different number or place from the one that was dialled by the person making the call.

4. VERB - If you say that someone diverts your attention from something important or serious, you disapprove of them behaving or talking in a way that stops you thinking about it.

My sentence - I always try to divert the attention of the people from me when I have a nothing to say.