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bypass

/ˈbaɪpɑːs/

noun

Meaning

  • A road that passes around something, such as a residential area

  • A circumvention

  • A section of pipe that conducts a fluid around some other fixture

  • An electrical shunt

  • An alternative passage created to divert a bodily fluid around a damaged organ; the surgical procedure to construct such a bypass

verb

Meaning

  • To avoid an obstacle etc, by constructing or using a bypass

  • To ignore the usual channels or procedures