long way around

He said he was planning a trip towing a trailer which might have to see him go the "long way around" adding significant time and costs.

The magnetic fields initially applied by the tokamak wind around the torus-shaped plasma, both the long way -- around the outer edge, and the short way -- from the outer edge and through the center hole.

The attacks have forced container ships carrying cargo between Asia and Europe to avoid the Suez Canal and instead take the long way around the tip of Africa, thereby delaying and disrupting shipments and raising freight charges.

For now, Ms. Walls usually “takes the long way around” when walking there, she said, because of a secluded passageway that currently links the two areas.

They had to go the long way around, since the road running down Rhodes’ eastern side was blocked in places.