"No, I just took a little detour on my way to the office."

Let's take a little detour around the library to make sure.

I'll get back to that bear, but first a little detour.

If all goes well, no one will know about our little detour.

I'm afraid we need to ask you to take a little detour.

"It's just a little detour from where I want to be," he said.

"Or we could make a little detour and sleep outside by the waterfalls."

And don't think about a little detour to the bus depot.

I decided to take a little detour on the way home from work.

With luck, he thought, their little detour wouldn't be a bloody one.