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bypassing

bypassing is the present participle and gerund of bypass.

Meaning of bypass

Verb

bypass (third-person singular simple present bypasses, present participle bypassing, simple past and past participle bypassed)

  1. To avoid an obstacle etc, by constructing or using a bypass.
  2. To ignore the usual channels or procedures.
    • More to theyr proper Elements inaugurated none, / Than ſhee to hers by-paſſed, he to his poſſeſſed Throne.1606, William Warner, “The Fourteenth Booke. Chapter LXXXII.”, in A Continuance of Albions England: […], London: […] Felix Kyngston [and Richard Bradock?] for George Potter, […], →OCLC, page 344

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Phrases with bypassing

Questions about bypassing

What is bypassing the present participle and gerund of?
Bypassing is the present participle and gerund of bypass.

Words near bypassing in the dictionary

  1. bypassable
  2. bypassed
  3. bypasser
  4. bypassers
  5. bypasses
  6. bypassing
  7. bypast
  8. bypath
  9. bypaths
  10. byplace
  11. byplaces

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