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bypass collapse: a road that takes traffic around the edge of a town; a surgically created shunt (usually around a damaged part); avoid something unpleasant or laborious; "You cannot bypass these rules!"

detour collapse: a roundabout road (especially one that is used temporarily while a main route is blocked); travel via a detour

back door collapse: a secret or underhand means of access (to a place or a position); "he got his job through the back door"; an entrance at the rear of a building; an undocumented way to get access to a computer system or the data it contains

reverberate collapse: treat, process, heat, melt, or refine in a reverberating furnace; "reverberate ore"; be reflected as heat, sound, or light or shock waves; "the waves reverberate as far away as the end of the building"; have a long or continuing effect; "The discussions with my teacher reverberated throughout my adult life"

turnpike collapse: an expressway on which tolls are collected; (from 16th to 19th centuries) gates set across a road to prevent passage until a toll had been paid

revert collapse: undergo reversion, as in a mutation; go back to a previous state; "We reverted to the old rules"

speedway collapse: a racetrack for racing automobiles or motorcycles; road where high speed driving is allowed

driveway collapse: a road leading up to a private house; "they parked in the driveway"

causeway collapse: a road that is raised above water or marshland or sand; pave a road with cobblestones or pebbles; provide with a causeway; "A causewayed swamp"

superhighway collapse: an extensive electronic network (such as the internet) used for the rapid transfer of sound and video and graphics in digital form

go back collapse: belong to an earlier time; "This story dates back 200 years"

hark back collapse: go back to something earlier; "This harks back to a previous remark of his"

come back collapse: be restored; "Her old vigor returned"; even the score, in sports

fall back collapse: retreat; fall backwards and down; have recourse to; "The government resorted to rationing meat"

arterial collapse: of or involving or contained in the arteries; "arterial disease"; "the arterial system"; "arterial blood"

mews collapse: street lined with building that were originally private stables but have been remodeled as dwellings; "she lives in a Chelsea mews"

street collapse: a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings; "they walked the streets of the small town"; "he lives on Nassau Street"; the part of a thoroughfare between the sidewalks; the part of the thoroughfare on which vehicles travel; "be careful crossing the street"; people living or working on the same street; "the whole street protested the absence of street lights"; a situation offering opportunities; "he worked both sides of the street"; "cooperation is a two-way street"; the streets of a city viewed as a depressed environment in which there is poverty and crime and prostitution and dereliction; "she tried to keep her children off the street"

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