circumvent
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circumvents, 3rd person singular present; circumvented, past tense; circumvented, past participle; circumventing, present participle;
/ˌsərkəmˈvent/,
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circumvents, 3rd person singular present; circumvented, past tense; circumvented, past participle; circumventing, present participle;
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Find a way around (an obstacle)
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Overcome (a problem or difficulty), typically in a clever and surreptitious way
- - I found it quite easy to circumvent security
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Deceive; outwit
- - he's circumvented her with some of his stories
Web Definitions:
- besiege: surround so as to force to give up; "The Turks besieged Vienna"
- outwit: beat through cleverness and wit; "I beat the traffic"; "She outfoxed her competitors"
- hedge: avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues); "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully"
- to avoid or get around something; to bypass; to surround or besiege; to outwit or outsmart
- the opening in the front of boxer shorts.
- To avoid, bypass or get around by artful maneuvering. For example, after disclosing an invention, a person or company knowledgeable in the law (or one that chooses to ignore the law) moves forward with the invention without the inventor.
- [ sur-kuhm-VENT, SUR-kuhm-vent ]