take/get/keep one's mind off

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: stop thinking about

This will help you take/get/keep your mind off your problems.

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Healing Executive Director Brenda Velissaris said having limited connections during the pandemic also eliminates coping mechanisms, like going out to the movies to take one's mind off of their weight. —

Sammy Gibbons, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 Nov. 2020

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