detour

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To write that "Knowing" lost me with this detour is an understatement; the film positively croaks reaching for a more philosophical conclusion, seemingly embarrassed with the exhilarating coding clockwork that's come before.

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  1. noun A roundabout way or course, especially a road used temporarily instead of a main route.
  2. noun A deviation from a direct course of action.
  3. intransitive and transitive verb To go or cause to go by a roundabout way.

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  • My other detour was to take a look at Galbraith House on 8th (pictured), near the end of the walk. —  Just a Gwai Lo - fun within prescribed limits
  • And that detour, added up, is costing trucking companies, collectively, "somewhere in the neighborhood of a quarter million dollars a day," Dolyniuk estimates.
  • To write that "Knowing" lost me with this detour is an understatement; the film positively croaks reaching for a more philosophical conclusion, seemingly embarrassed with the exhilarating coding clockwork that's come before. —  DVD Talk
  • This detour is a breach of the act, and results in significant delays, as the DPP usually takes anywhere from six months to two years to rule on some matters. —  Jamaica Gleaner Online
  • "It's a short detour, and I think everybody's thrilled to have him back for at least the near future," said Tim Sheehy, president of the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce. —  JSOnline.com
 

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Etymologies (2)

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  1. French détour, from Old French destor, from destorner, to turn away : des-, de- + torner, to turn; see turn.

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  1. from French détour, a turn, bend, circuit, from détourner, turn aside: see deturn.
 

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