verb🔗ShareTo avoid or get around something; to bypass"The students were circumventing the school's dress code by wearing similarly colored clothing that wasn't technically the banned color. "lawbusinessgovernmentpoliticstechnologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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