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Meanings of detour in English
A roundabout road (especially one that is used temporarily while a main route is blocked)
Usage of detour in English
1
Please continue to use the detour listed, or consider delaying your travel.
2
Just a short detour off the road and you were right there.
3
Her radical solution: Either abandon online media altogether, or detour the Web.
4
Please follow the detour and allow an extra 2 hrs travel time.
5
He decided a brief detour was in order, but he must hurry.
6
There's made-to-measure fashion, new standout architecture and contemporary art worth a detour.
7
Just the view of the river and ocean is worth the detour.
8
Queensland's on the road to recovery and we can't risk a detour.
9
Wait, did my boat just take a detour to the South Pacific?
10
I took a wide detour so as to come up behind him.
11
The fifth time, Mr. Local did not even bother with a detour.
12
Or maybe he wanted to take a little detour on the way.
13
Just as this detour deprived Hain of justice, it also saved her.
14
Their fireworks would present nothing but a trivial detour to the onslaught.
15
I made a big detour to avoid showing myself on the sky-line.
16
To reach Los Banos, we made a wide detour to the left.
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Detour through the time
Detour across language varieties
New Zealand
Common
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common