Definition of "bypassed" []

• Simple past tense and past participle of bypass. (verb)

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• "Scioscia again bypassed Percival and instead turned to Donnelly,"
• "And clearly, if Basra has some activity still, it was because it was bypassed, that is, block-to-block fighting did not occur."
• "During the campaign, Wilson strolled into New York City's Penn Station, where, reported the New York Times, "Democracy's candidate" bypassed "the well-appointed dining room to his right," took a seat at a lunch counter and consumed a bare-bones dinner: a sandwich and a glass of buttermilk."