to cast, †fet, fetch, go, take a compass: to take a circular or circuitous course, make a circuit or detour; †rarely, to form a circle; figurative…
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| 释义 | society > travel > aspects of travel > travel in specific course or direction > direct one's course [verb (intransitive)] > change course or turn off > diverge from direct course > make a detour (9) to cast, fet, fetch, go, take a compass?a1500 to cast, †fet, fetch, go, take a compass: to take a circular or circuitous course, make a circuit or detour; †rarely, to form a circle; figurative… to fetch a windlass1530 A circuit made to intercept the game in hunting (= wanlace, n. 1); gen. a circuit, circuitous movement: esp. in to fetch a windlass, to make a… to fetch about1551 transitive. In sense 9a 9b, to fetch about a compass, to fetch a way about. Hence with ellipsis of object: To take a roundabout course or method… to fetch, make, take a circuit1665 Phrases (sometimes influenced by 4), as in †to go, ride, walk circuit = one's round. to †fetch, make, take a circuit: to make a detour, take a… elbow1804 intransitive. To make an ‘elbow’ in one's path, go out of the direct way. detour1836 intransitive, to make a detour; to turn aside from the direct way; to go round about. Subcategories:— go or come by circuitous route (3) |
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