Definition of "by-pass" [by•-pass]

• A by-passage, for a pipe, or other channel, to divert circulation from the usual course. (noun)

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• "I suspect you would had to have had a humour by-pass not to enjoy it."
• "Maybe the Fed should be allowed to by-pass the GOP game playing, that way we'll get something done."
• "She refused to believe that female Lib Dems present at a meeting were shoved and jostled by a Green activist and she didn't believe that a senior Norwich Green sent an abusive letter to my father some years ago because of his support for the Norwich Northern by-pass."