detour 1 of 2

as in deviation
a turning away from a course or standard we'll regard this relapse as just a brief detour on your road to recovery from substance abuse

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detour

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verb

1
as in to bypass
to avoid by going around we had to detour the construction zone in order to get to the stadium

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as in to deviate
to change one's course or direction we had to detour for a few miles around the section of highway under construction

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Noun
Indiana Department of Transportation crews will be taking down a bridge on westbound I-465 this week, causing lane closures and detours. Jade Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 14 Oct. 2024 After taking a detour on a road trip, Mr. Potato Head (voiced by Don Rickles) goes missing and the toys are tangled in the web of mystery. Catherine Santino, People.com, 11 Oct. 2024
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The 94-date run launched in February in Palm Springs, California, detoured to Europe in May and June and just returned for a second U.S. leg, which landed in D.C. Saturday for its second date. Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 21 July 2024 After detouring through a couple more characters, Danny ends up talking to Singappa (Raj), a village elder at the Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh border in South India who begins narrating the story of Devara. Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 27 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for detour 

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“Detour.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/detour. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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