Dave dribbled incoherently:
> There's a word I can't quite recall, and it's driving me nuts. My thesaurus
> has been unable to help me. The word is a verb. It describes the action of
> diverting attention from oneself so that another may receive the attention.
> This typically occurs when the other person is being honored or credited
> with something, and you feel they deserve the lion's share of the credit, so
> you try to divert attention from yourself and focus it on them so that they
> can have their moment.
>
> Can anybody think of the word I am seeking?
Avert, Eschew, Defer?
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"This rudderless world is not shaped by vague metaphysical forces. It is not God
who kills the children. Not Fate that butchers them or Destiny that feeds them
to dogs. It's us. Only us." - Rorschach, Watchmen
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