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short-circuit

 verb
     
Related topics: Electrical
short-circuit
1 [intransitive and transitive]TEE to have a short circuit or cause a short circuit in something
2 [transitive] to get something done without going through the usual long methods:
I short-circuited the whole process by a simple telephone call.
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