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en route

 
/ɑnˈrut/, /en-/, /ɑ̃-/ adv [not gradable]

Definition

on the way to or from somewhere: The ambulance is en route to the hospital. En route from New York to Boston, the bus crashed into a stalled car.
(Definition of en route adv from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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