detour from

Frequency: 5.01.6 per million words

A deviation from the usual or expected path or course of action.

detourdetour + PREPOSITION

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from

Examples (10)

  • Her career took a detour from the expected path.
  • The bus had to make a detour from its usual route due to road construction.
  • The conversation took an unexpected detour from politics to personal anecdotes.
  • His life story is a fascinating detour from the conventional narrative of success.
  • Our scenic drive included a slight detour from the main highway to see the waterfall.
  • The project's development made a significant detour from the original blueprint.
  • The novel's plot makes a brief detour from the main storyline to explore a character's backstory.
  • A last-minute change forced our flight to take a detour from its intended path.
  • Any detour from the company's core values will be met with resistance.
  • If we take a detour from the marked trail, we might get lost.