Definition of "detour" []

• A roundabout way or course, especially a road used temporarily instead of a main route. (noun)
• A deviation from a direct course of action. (noun)
• To go or cause to go by a roundabout way. (verb-transitive)

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• "At least they did at the corner of "Glenn" and Wygant, which we passed through the other day as part of our pedestrian detour from the wonderful but somewhat bike-manic Sunday Parkways:"
• "The deep-bore tunnel will make 40,000 vehicles more visable, duh, as they detour from the Aurora portal through Lower Queen Anne to Elliott, and from the AWV onto Alaskan Way."
• "Their choice was to take a hit for going (even if it was a private detour from a very public campaign swing, Obama was going to be accused of using wounded troops for political gain), or a hit for not going (the charge would be -- and has been -- that Obama didn't care about wounded troops)."