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detour

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de·tour  (dtr, d-tr)
n.
1. A roundabout way or course, especially a road used temporarily instead of a main route.
2. A deviation from a direct course of action.
intr. & tr.v. de·toured, de·tour·ing, de·tours
To go or cause to go by a roundabout way.

[French détour, from Old French destor, from destorner, to turn away : des-, de- + torner, to turn; see turn.]

detour
Noun
a deviation from a direct route or course of action [French]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.detourdetour - a roundabout road (especially one that is used temporarily while a main route is blocked)
road, route - an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
Verb1.detour - travel via a detour
deviate, divert - turn aside; turn away from

detour
noun diversion, bypass, deviation, circuitous route, roundabout way, indirect course

Deviation from those parts of a route where movement has become difficult or impossible to ensure continuity of movement to the destination. The modified part of the route is known as a "detour."
Translations
Spanish detour [ˈdiːtuəʳ] n (gen) (US) (AUT) (= diversion); desvío
vt (US) [+ traffic]; desviar;
to make a detour → dar un rodeo

French detour [ˈdiːtuəʳ] ndétour m;
(US) (Aut) (= diversion); déviation f

German detour [ˈdiːtuəʳ] nUmweg m;
(US) (Aut) → Umleitung f

Italian detour [ˈdiːtuəʳ] ndeviazione f

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I awaited the coming of daylight and then went down to the front of the chateau, and made a detour, examining every trace of footsteps coming towards it or going from it.
Not wishing to attract attention in Copan itself, Professor Bumper and his party made a detour, and finally, after much consultation with Tom over the ancient maps, the scientist announced that he thought they were in the vicinity of the buried city.
But towards the end of the bombardment, though still I durst not venture in the direction of the stockade, where the balls fell oftenest, I had begun, in a manner, to pluck up my heart again, and after a long detour to the east, crept down among the shore-side trees.
 
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