Phrase guide

Cook's tour

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A long or complicated journey, an indirect route.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal

Examples

  • The detour meant that we had to go on a twenty-mile Cook's tour to get home.

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Thomas Cook, considered to be the world's first travel agent, running guided tours of Europe and the Middle East in the mid-1800s.