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highways and byways

 

1. major and minor roads. The city council voted to plant new trees along all the highways and byways of the town.

2. Cliché routes and pathways, both major and minor. I hope I meet you again some day on life's highways and byways.

See also: and, byway, highway

highways and byways

(slightly formal)

large and small roads The two friends traveled America's highways and byways from New Hampshire to California.

See also: and, byway, highway

the highways and byways

  (literary)

the highways and byways of a place are its roads and paths (usually + of ) They travelled the highways and byways of Britain to find people who could still sing the old traditional folksongs.

See also: and, byway, highway