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(jdn.) von etw. ablenken {vt} to divert/distract/deflect (sb.'s) attention (away) from sb./sth.

Es war ein neuerlicher Versuch, von der Wahrheit abzulenken. It was another attempt to divert/distract attention from the truth.

Die Aktion scharf sollte von den sozialen Problemen ablenken. The crackdown was intended to divert attention from the social problems.

Es gelang ihm zunächst, den Verdacht von sich abzulenken. He initially managed to divert suspicion away from himself.
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