bypass

Etymology

From Middle English *bypassen, *bipassen (suggested by past participle by-past, bipast), equivalent to by- + pass.

noun

1. A road that passes around something, such as a residential area or business district.
2. The act of going past or around.
3. A section of pipe that conducts a fluid around some other fixture.
4. An electrical shunt.
5. (medicine) An alternative passage created to divert a bodily fluid around a damaged organ; the surgical procedure to construct such a bypass.

verb

1. To avoid an obstacle etc, by constructing or using a bypass.
2. To ignore the usual channels or procedures.
   Another force, also from the east, has by-passed Peiping and is striking southward. It apparently intends to swing eastward to form a junction, which probably will be effected near Langfang, on the railroad 30 miles southeast of Peiping. December 15, 1948, “Peace Talks”, in Evening Examiner, volume XCVII, number 139, Petersborough, page 2, column 1
   Thanks to Brexit, many ferry companies now run direct from Ireland to the EU mainland, bypassing UK ports such as Fishguard, with an impact on traffic. November 16 2022, Paul Bigland, “From rural branches to high-speed arteries”, in RAIL, number 970, page 52