Meaning of bypass

Definition of bypass

(noun) a highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center
a surgically created shunt (usually around a damaged part)
a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current
(verb) avoid something unpleasant or laborious; "You cannot bypass these rules!"

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