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Definition of detour verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

detour

 verb
verb
NAmE//ˈditʊr//
 
[intransitive, transitive] detour (somebody/something) (to…)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they detour
 
 he / she / it detours
 
 past simple detoured
 
 -ing form detouring
 
 
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to take a longer route in order to avoid a problem or to visit a place; to make someone or something take a longer route The president detoured to Chicago for a special meeting.
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