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

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
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

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
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
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  • (someone or something) promises well
  • accompanied by
  • accompanied by (someone or something)
  • accompany
  • a/the feel of (something)
  • (I) wouldn't (do something) if I were you
  • (have) got something going (with someone)
  • a straw will show which way the wind blows
  • a crack at (someone or something)
  • all right