Welche Bedeutung steckt hinter der hier vorgestellten Vokabel aus dem Bereich Chatting with colleagues?

Oli: 'Could I have the telephone list when you're ready?' Pia: 'Oh I'm sorry! I got totally sidetracked. Here, I've already printed it out for you.'

to get sidetracked

Do you know what it means?

• to become distracted
• to lose the thread
• to spot a red herring