To do something in an indirect and complicated way: “I don’t know why he had to go ________ to do that.”
| TO ALL THAT TROUBLE | 6 |
| AROUND THE BUSH | 3 |
| IN A ROUNDABOUT WAY | 3 |
| OUT OF HIS WAY | 3 |
| THROUGH ALL THAT | 2 |
| ALL AROUND THE BARN | 1 |
| ALL AROUND THE MULBERRY BUSH | 1 |
| ALL THE WAY AROUND | 1 |
| ROUND ABOUT | 1 |
| ROUND THE BUSH | 1 |
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