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Discover LudwigThe phrase "roundabout route" is correct and can be used in written English.
It means a longer or more indirect way of reaching a destination. Example: "Due to traffic, we had to take a roundabout route to get to the airport, which added an extra hour to our journey."
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O'Hanlon took a roundabout route to international-relations wonkdom.
He entered the state-sponsored shadows via a roundabout route.
WANIDA REID took a roundabout route to opening a restaurant.
"It's been quite a roundabout route, hasn't it?
Mayo took a roundabout route to the N.B.A. draft.
The trains to Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, take a roundabout route.
By that roundabout route, the Mackays of Virginia City established themselves in New York.
But the search for a suitable solid-state amplifier took a long and roundabout route.
Not surprisingly, Baker's evolution as a writer has taken a roundabout route.
"To go to Kotte" thus became a Sinhalese synonym for a roundabout route.
He was forced to follow a roundabout route to get to Egypt.
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