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roundabout way(noun, verb, phrasal verb, course)
3
go around(verb, phrasal verb, pass, ignore)
3
alternative route(noun, deviation, diversion, bypass)
3
back road(noun, course, deviation, diversion)
3
depart from(verb, phrasal verb, ignore, neglect)
3
go round about(verb, idiom, phrasal verb, circuit)
3
make a detour(idiom, circuit)
3
roundabout route(noun, idiom, deviation, diversion)
2
alternative routing
2
change the bearing
2
go around the barn(verb, idiom, ignore, neglect)
2
long way round(noun, idiom, deviation, diversion)
1
alternate route(noun, course, deviation, diversion)
1
circuitous route(noun, course, deviation, diversion)
1
angle away(verb, phrasal verb, twist, bow)
1
angle off(verb, phrasal verb, twist, bow)
1
blink at(verb, phrasal verb, ignore, neglect)
1
call off(verb, move, change, push)
1
change of course(noun, idiom, bending, refraction)
1
change of direction(noun, idiom, bending, refraction)
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