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around the horn

A difficult or precarious route that is less advisable than a simpler alternative; also, in baseball, throwing the ball from third base to second to first
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The construction detour downtown was forcing commuters to go around the horn to get to the stadium.

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Submitted by JokerGem on March 04, 2023

Additional definitions for 'around the horn':

around the HornVia shipboard communications, formerly metal tubes with earhorn-like ends.
around the HornFollowing the extremely hazardous naval route around Cape Horn, the southernmost point in South America.
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