around the Horn

around the Horn
a) Via shipboard communications, formerly metal tubes with earhorn-like ends.

Sure, youve done some sailing, but have you been around the Horn?

b) Following the extremely hazardous naval route around Cape Horn, the southernmost point in South America.

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