bypass Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center
    ringway; ring road; beltway.
  2. noun a surgically created shunt (usually around a damaged part)
  3. noun a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current
    electrical shunt; shunt.
  4. verb avoid something unpleasant or laborious
    short-circuit; get around; go around.
    • You cannot bypass these rules!

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