You'll have to find a trick to circumvent that issue.
Source: tatoeba (2562388)
Circumvent
//səːkəmˈvɛnt//
Synonyms for "circumvent" (172 found)
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Closest matches (35)
Strong matches (51)
Related words (86)
get awayget away fromget out ofget roundget the better ofgirdlegirdle the globegive the runaroundgive the slipgo aboutgo aroundgo around in circlesgo one bettergo roundgo the roundgullgyrehedgehoaxhocus-pocus
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3 entriesRelated terms
2 entriesderived
8 entriesrelated to
8 entriessimilar
6 entriesTranslations
60 translations across 17 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- заобика́лям verb (to avoid or get around something)
- заобиколя́ verb (to avoid or get around something)
- изигравам verb (to outwit)
- надхитрявам verb (to outwit)
Catalan
4 entries- bordejar verb (to surround or besiege)
- burlar (no en el sentit de mofar) verb (to outwit)
- circumvalar verb (to avoid or get around something)
- circumvalar verb (to surround or besiege)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 規避 /规避 verb (to avoid or get around something)
Danish
2 entries- omgå verb (to avoid or get around something)
- omringe verb (to surround or besiege)
Dutch
1 entries- omzeilen verb (to avoid or get around something)
French
3 entries- cerner verb (to surround or besiege)
- circonvenir verb (to outwit)
- contourner verb (to avoid or get around something)
Georgian
3 entries- გარს შემოვლა verb (to avoid or get around something)
- გვერდის ავლა verb (to avoid or get around something)
- მოტყუება verb (to outwit)
German
3 entries- ausmanövrieren verb (to outwit)
- umgehen verb (to avoid or get around something)
- umlagern verb (to surround or besiege)
Irish
1 entries- timpeallaigh verb (to surround or besiege)
Italian
3 entries- circondare verb (to surround or besiege)
- circonvenire verb (to avoid or get around something)
- eludere verb (to avoid or get around something)
Māori
3 entries- hohoni verb (to avoid or get around something)
- honi verb (to avoid or get around something)
- taku verb (to avoid or get around something)
Portuguese
3 entries- cercar verb (to surround or besiege)
- contornar verb (to avoid or get around something)
- rodear verb (to surround or besiege)
Romanian
3 entries- conturna verb (to avoid or get around something)
- ocoli verb (to avoid or get around something)
- înconjura verb (to avoid or get around something)
Russian
4 entries- обойти́ verb (to avoid or get around something)
- обойти́ verb (to surround or besiege)
- обойти́ verb (to outwit)
- обходи́ть verb (to avoid or get around something)
Spanish
4 entries- baipasear verb (to avoid or get around something)
- bordear verb (to surround or besiege)
- burlar verb (to outwit)
- circunvalar verb (to avoid or get around something)
Swedish
1 entries- kringgå verb (to avoid or get around something)
Ukrainian
3 entries- обійти verb (to avoid or get around something)
- обійти verb (to outwit)
- перехитрити verb (to outwit)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
For every law, there's always someone trying to circumvent it.
Source: tatoeba (10240414)
The troops had to circumvent the entire forest.
Source: tatoeba (10892439)
One can legally do business with the so-called “occupied territories” in the east, but smugglers circumvent cumbersome legal procedures and opt to deliver goods clandestinely.
Source: tatoeba (11835222)
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