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Old 07-05-2008, 12:15 AM   #253
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Originally Posted by Nate the great View Post
I think you are misusing dogleg.

Verb

to dogleg (third-person singular simple present doglegs, present participle doglegging, simple past and past participle doglegged)

1. (intransitive) To bend in the shape of the hind leg of a dog.

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http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dogleg...eg&redirect=no
I thought that sounded wrong to me too. When I use the term "dogleg" to describe walking somewhere, it means the opposite .... that I took sort of the long way around ... as in "I took the dogleg route" .... the exact opposite of a short cut.
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