circumvent
verb
[ səːkəmˈvɛnt ]
• find a way around (an obstacle).
• "if you come to an obstruction in a road you can seek to circumvent it"
Similar:
avoid,
get round,
find a way round,
evade,
get past,
bypass,
sidestep,
dodge,
overcome,
outwit,
outmanoeuvre,
foil,
end-run,
duck,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin circumvent- ‘skirted around’, from the verb circumvenire, from circum ‘around’ + venire ‘come’.
