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Circumvent -find a way around (an obstacle). "if you come to an obstruction in a road you can seek to circumvent it"

circumvent
/ˌsəːkəmˈvɛnt,ˈsəːkəmvɛnt/
find a way around (an obstacle).
"if you come to an obstruction in a road you can seek to circumvent it"

 Circumvent has multiple definitions: 

  • To avoid being stopped by something, such as a rule or law
  • To get around something in a clever and sometimes dishonest way
  • To go around or bypass
  • To avoid (defeat, failure, unpleasantness, etc.) by artfulness or deception
  • To get the better of or avoid the force or effect of by cleverness

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