0 past simple and past participle of detour
1 to go or make someone go a different or less direct route to a place, in order to avoid a problem or to visit somewhere or do something on the way:
We had to detour around downtown, so it took us longer than usual.
Detoured by family and children, she didn't focus on performing until the early 1990s.
He came to the area to be a country doctor and detoured into state politics.
The book tries to speak to the layman but often detours into territory most interesting to medical technologists and statisticians.
If just a tiny fraction of the outlet shoppers detoured downtown to visit the museum and do a little more shopping, it would be a big boost for the area.
Traffic was being detoured around potential hotspots in Manila.
Leaving the bedroom, he detoured into the kitchen to rinse out the mug and then wearily climbed back up the stairs to bed.
Conversation quickly detoured after Burch told his class The New York Times was interested in the story.
This country's sports fans have embraced a host of athletes whose careers appeared to be derailed or at least detoured by scandal.
Several factors could detour the agency's attempt at closure.
Your day might be detoured by a chance encounter with a friend.
Theroux was not happy to be reminded of this, and detoured into a long disquisition on literary sibling rivalry.
