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the long way around the barn

the long way around the barn phrase: synonym of around Robin Hood's barn (“a roundabout or circuitous route”).

Phrase

the long way around the barn

  1. Synonym of around Robin Hood's barn (“a roundabout or circuitous route”).

Synonyms of the long way around the barn

Questions about the long way around the barn

What does the long way around the barn mean?
The long way around the barn means synonym of around Robin Hood's barn (“a roundabout or circuitous route”).
What part of speech is the long way around the barn?
The long way around the barn is a phrase.

Words near the long way around the barn in the dictionary

  1. the line is busy
  2. the living daylights out of
  3. the living shit out of
  4. the long and short
  5. the long and the short
  6. the long way around the barn
  7. the longest pole knocks the persimmon
  8. the longest purse knocks the persimmon
  9. the Loop
  10. the Lord helps those that help themselves
  11. the Lord helps those who help themselves

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