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What (who) is detour - definition
detour
DIVERSION ON A ROUTE
Detour (road); DETOUR; Diversion route; Detours; Traffic diversion
¦ noun a roundabout route taken to avoid something or to visit somewhere along the way.
¦ verb take a detour.
Origin
C18: from Fr. detour 'change of direction', from detourner 'turn away'.
detour
DIVERSION ON A ROUTE
Detour (road); DETOUR; Diversion route; Detours; Traffic diversion
(detours)
1.
If you make a detour on a journey, you go by a route which is not the shortest way, because you want to avoid something such as a traffic jam, or because there is something you want to do on the way.
He did not take the direct route to his home, but made a detour around the outskirts of the city.
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2.
A detour is a special route for traffic to follow when the normal route is blocked, for example because it is being repaired. (AM; in BRIT, use diversion
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detour
DIVERSION ON A ROUTE
Detour (road); DETOUR; Diversion route; Detours; Traffic diversion
n.
1) to set up a detour
2) to follow, make, take a detour
3) a detour around
Examples of use of detour
1. Motorists should follow traffic police detour signs.
2. Both were wounded during their '0–mile inland detour.
3. Husband said officials were working on a detour plan.
4. Then the novel takes a detour into some literal–minded horror.
5. Traffic past his country residence is now forced to make a long detour around it.