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Meanings of taking a roundabout in English

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Usage of taking a roundabout in English
1
While Tim's laugh yet resounded he walked away unnoticed, and taking a roundabout course gained his room.
The Red Acorn
2
Late in the afternoon the two young people started back for the Ball house, taking a roundabout way.
Sheila of Big Wreck Cove: A Story of Cape Cod
3
As I drove back to my flat, taking a roundabout way through the Bois, I mused and analysed things.
Man and Maid
4
Disheartened, sick with despair, he slunk off through the railway yards, taking a roundabout way to the circus grounds.
The Rose in the Ring
5
During the night Washington, leaving his fires burning and taking a roundabout road which he had already reconnoitered, marched to Princeton.
Hero Tales from American History
6
He instantly obeys, though his reason protests and "berates him for a fool" in taking a roundabout way to his destination.
The Unknown Guest
7
We hadn't gone far when I realized that Ebenezar was taking a roundabout route to the Way, through tunnels that were largely unused and unlit.
Turn coat
8
"Don't you think it would be a good plan to above the bears by taking a roundabout route?"
Young Hunters of the Lake; or, Out with Rod and Gun
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