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Phrase(s): divert something into something 1. to channel something into something. • We will have to divert the runoff water into the culvert. • Let’s divert this stream into the ditch. 2. Euph. to steal something and keep it some place. • He diverted the funds into a secret bank account. • She diverted her clients’ stock dividends into her own investment portfolio.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs