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roundabout way
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun roundabout way has 1 sense
- roundabout way(n = noun.artifact) detour - a roundabout road (especially one that is used temporarily while a main route is blocked); Array is a kind of road, route
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roundabout way
Circuit
N circuit, roundabout way, digression, detour, circumbendibus, ambages, loop, winding, zigzag, circuitous, indirect, roundabout, zigzag, backhanded, by a side wind, by an indirect course, in a roundabout way, from pillar to post.
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