bypass

Universal Words noun, verb noun 1 (especially BrE) a road that passes around a town or city rather than through the centre: the western bypass around the town * the Newbury bypass 2 a medical operation on the heart in which blood is directed along a different route so that it does not flow through a part that is damaged or blocked; the new route that the blood takes: heart bypass surgery * a triple bypass operation verb [VN] 1 to go around or avoid a place: A new road now bypasses the town. 2 to ignore a rule, an official system or sb in authority, especially in order to get sth done quickly: They let us bypass the usual admissions procedure.