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Meanings of little detour in English

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Usage of little detour in English
1
Or maybe he wanted to take a little detour on the way.
After the quake: stories
2
Instead, she is taking what she has described as a little detour.
The new yorker
3
A little detour to see a friend who lives up the coast.
The new yorker
4
And realized what a nightmare this little detour of Larabee's would be.
Flash and Bones
5
But he just nodded and said, 'Maybe we could do a little detour.
Melnitz
6
The wanderers made a little detour, and then went rapidly towards a cab.
Men, Women, and Boats
7
Maybe there's time for a little detour back to that inn.
Daniel's desire
8
It involved a little detour to Gorman, Texas, to do some road work.
The Life of Me: An Autobiography
9
He said, For the prospect of profit, I can probably talk him into a little detour.
Boneshaker
10
Did you hear that little detour they took?
Reuters
11
But now it's time for a little detour.
Sympathy for the devil
12
We made a little detour to the southward in order to get provisions in a cheaper market.
Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa
13
That I was always planning to take this little detour before I headed home for the night.
My Sister's Keeper
14
She led him by a little detour and on their hands and knees they crept through the brushwood.
The Patrol of the Sun Dance Trail
15
On the way home, we make a little detour to Hammacher Schlemmer and I get him the binoculars.
A fierce radiance: a novel
16
After a mile or so, the high ground on both banks obliged us to make some little detour.
Tracks of a Rolling Stone
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