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Topic: ROADS

bypass

2 verb
     
bypass2 [transitive]
1TTR to go around a town or other busy place rather than through it:
Interstate 8 bypasses the town to the north.
2 to avoid obeying a rule, system, or someone in an official position:
Francis bypassed his manager and wrote straight to the director.
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