detour
noun
a roundabout or circuitous way or course, especially one used temporarily when the main route is closed.
had detoured
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past perfectof detour.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Having watched another motorist hydroplane on the main thoroughfare’s wet surface, the couple had detoured off Fourth Plain Boulevard, just to be extra cautious.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 23, 2024
The drive, which should have taken about two hours, had taken nearly five, and the crew had detoured for a meal before further shooting.
From New York Times ● Aug. 15, 2019
Above the tree line up there, simple wood and stone homes are roofed in corrugated tin, and the bareness could make you think that you had detoured to the Tibetan Plateau.
From Forbes ● May 27, 2015
They had detoured so far to the south in order to circumvent the Jordan bridge, which the customs officers guarded with guns, and had floated their commodities across the stream.
From The New Yorker ● May 6, 1955
If the bus had detoured to Brisbane, he probably wouldn't have noticed.
From Underground by Suelette Dreyfus
