1. past tense and past participle of bypass; to go around or avoid something
2. to ignore or skip over someone or something in a process or hierarchy

Examples

• The highway bypassed the small town completely.
• Traffic was heavy, so we bypassed the main road.
• The manager bypassed the usual approval process.
• She felt bypassed when her colleague got the promotion instead.
• The new route bypassed all the construction zones.
• The committee bypassed several qualified candidates.
• Water bypassed the broken dam through emergency channels.