to detour; to bypass; to circumvent; to avoid; to wind around (of a road etc)

to go by a roundabout route; to take a detour; (medicine or civil engineering) bypass

to go around in circles; to make a detour; (fig.) to beat about the bush

to make a detour; to take the long route

to take a circular (or circuitous) route; to do a circuit; (of a planet) to orbit; (of a sailor) to circumnavigate; to take a detour; to bypass