route

en route

Currently traveling to someone or something. We're en route to the party and should be there in five minutes. It looks like the package is en route and should arrive today.
See also: en, route

rout out

To force someone out of or away from some place or thing. A noun or pronoun can be used between "rout" and "out." The police commissioner directed the SWAT team to rout out the protestors from their encampment outside city hall. Our soldiers have finally managed to rout the enemy out.
See also: out, rout

rout out of some place

To force someone out of or away from some place or thing. The police commissioner directed the SWAT team to rout the protestors out of their encampment outside city hall. Our soldiers have finally managed to rout the enemy out the occupied city.
See also: of, out, place, rout

route (someone or something) around (something or some place)

To cause or direct someone or something to travel along a particular path around something or some place, as to bypass or avoid it. There is a sensor in the new grid that can detect problems in the network and route power around them to avoid large-scale outages. Drivers are being routed around the most central part of the city while work is being done to repair the roads.
See also: around, route

route (someone or something) to (something or some place)

To send or direct someone or something along a particular path to someone or something else. Our company routes the donated clothes and food to families in need all over the state. Air traffic controllers routed us to Houston after averse weather conditions made it impossible to land in Dallas.
See also: route
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

rout someone or something out of some place

 and rout someone or something out
to remove someone or something from some place by force. The soldiers routed the snipers out of the deserted buildings. They routed out the snipers.
See also: of, out, place, rout

route someone or something around something

to send someone or something on a path that avoids something. The travel agent routed us around the congestion of the big city. Due to the storm, they routed the trains around the fallen bridge.
See also: around, route

route something to someone

to send something along a particular path to someone. Try to route this to Walter, who is on a ship at sea. I'll get the name of the ship for you. I will route a copy of the invoice to you.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

en route

On or along the way, as in We'll pick up Dan en route to the restaurant, or We can finish our discussion en route. This French term was adopted into English in the late 1700s.
See also: en, route
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

en ˈroute

(from French) on the way; while travelling from/to a particular place: We stopped for a picnic en route. The bus broke down en route from Boston to New York.
See also: en, route
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • en route
  • on the way
  • on your/the/its way
  • at the end of the line
  • the end of the line
  • the end of the road/line
  • end of the line
  • be the end of the road
  • head off at the pass
  • head someone or something off at the pass
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The route is firstly authorized by the state bodies deciding on its implementation.
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He said some routes have as few as one or two riders per trip, which was unsustainable.
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Reactive protocols decide the proper route only when essential, that is, when a packet needs to be forwarded.
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Official further said, no flight was operated from Karachi to Mumbai and Mumbai to Karachi from April 8 and booking was also stopped on these routes because for the past six months PIA is suffering heavy financial loss on this route.
PIA suspends its Karachi-Mumbai flights
However, proactive routing protocols have lower latency due to maintenance of routes all the time, but results into higher overhead due to frequent route updates.
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Service frequency of at least three lines will also be affected, reducing the wait times from 8-10 minutes at multiple stops, including Route 7, Route 365, and Route 366.
RTA expands Dubai bus services with 11 new routes
Ambassador Maria Lumen Isleta and members of the Philippines and Indonesia inter-agency task force for the operalization of the Davao-General Santos RoRo met last week to prepare the shipping route that will directly link up Davao City and General Santos City with Bitung, Indonesia.
PH, Indonesia work out details of shipping line to boost trade