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noun
1.
a roundabout or circuitous way or course, especially one used temporarily when the main route is closed.
2.
an indirect or roundabout procedure, path, etc.
verb (used without object)
3.
to make a detour; go by way of a detour.
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verb (used with object)
4.
to cause to make a detour.
5.
to make a detour around: We detoured Birmingham.
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Example Sentences
- Furthermore, if you provide a detour around algebra, you provide an exemption from abstract thinking.
- It saved me a long detour by taxi on my way home last night.
- Upper wires detour the three-million-volt harmlessly to the ground.
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Word Origin & History
detour
1738, from Fr. détour, from O.Fr. destour, from destourner "turn aside," from des- "aside" + tourner "to turn" (see turn). The verb is attested from 1836.
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