bypass

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To avoid or go around something, such as a rule, problem, or place.

   We took a back road to bypass the heavy traffic.

2. 2
   noun

   A road that goes around a town or busy area so traffic does not pass through the center.

   The new bypass has made the town center much quieter.

3. 3
   noun

   A surgical operation that redirects blood around a blocked or damaged part of the body.

   He had heart bypass surgery last year.

From Middle English *bypassen, *bipassen (suggested by past participle by-past, bipast), equivalent to by- + pass.

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