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to short-circuit
01
to ignore a rule, avoid details, etc., so that one can do something easily and quickly
Grammatical Information
Composition
Compound
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
short-circuit
3rd person singular
short-circuits
Present participle
short-circuiting
Past simple
short-circuited
Past participle
short-circuited
Examples
He accidentally short-circuited the system while tinkering with the wires.
03
hamper the progress of; impede
