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long ways around

long ways around is the plural of long way around.

Meaning of long way around

Noun

long way around (plural long ways around)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see long, way, around.
  2. An indirect approach.
    • Acknowledging Annibale Carracci is the long way around to Rubens, but it is the route of choice because Annibale so aptly exemplifies a nagging notion we have about the difficulty of looking at painting in general and individual paintings in particular.1986, Frank Stella, Working Space, →ISBN, page 54

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What is long ways around the plural of?
Long ways around is the plural of long way around.

Words near long ways around in the dictionary

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