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Discover LudwigThe phrase "I bypassed" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing an action where you have intentionally avoided or circumvented something, such as a process, obstacle, or rule. Example: "In order to save time, I bypassed the usual approval process and went directly to the final decision-maker."
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I bypassed the few that were open, where even a bottle of water cost $4.50.
On John's recommendation, I bypassed the big names, setting my sights instead on a few unheralded gems.
I bypassed the Chinese silk long underwear and went right for the "warmest jacket made in America".
I had the same thought as I bypassed a two-hour line and breezed ahead of the crowds into the Uffizi Gallery later that morning.
I bypassed "Wolfgang's Childhood Favorites" (Wiener schnitzel in Beverly Hills?), and chose an incredibly light risotto with sweet peas, shrimp and morels.
I bypassed Portland — where, for example, Le Pigeon might have lured me — because readers were introduced to new restaurants there in an article by Eric Asimov last fall.
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I bypass ads with the 30-second skip button.
"If it's not doing what I want, I bypass it and do things the old-fashioned way," he said.
Of course, I bypass stands that look dirty or flyspecked and, if I am going to a suspect area, I carry disposable chopsticks and miniature airline bottles of vodka to rinse utensils.
I bypass the coffin and go to the first film, Catatonic.
If I see or hear something completely out of line ― a messed-up joke, the N-word used by a nonblack person, a bigoted statement ― I bypass the Renkl-ian call to "civility" and tell them, "That's really racist.
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