Detour and Switch

Detour

Detour verb - To avoid by going around.

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Switch and detour are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Switch" instead a verb "Detour".

Switch verb - To give up (something) and take something else in return.

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Detour and switch are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Detour" instead a verb "Switch".

special	special detour	special switch
specific	specific detour	specific switch
brief	brief detour	brief switch
small	small detour	small switch
Other adjectives: actual, large, wrong, little, unused, major, accidental, sudden.

In the next leg, despite an ill-advised Fast Foward trip when they were already in last place and their inability to do the Cheese Detour after 30+ tries, forcing them to switch, they got saved yet again by a non-elimination.

Source: Elimination Houdini / The Amazing Race

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Switch and Detour. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/detour/switch

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