Meaning of by-pass | Babel Free

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Noun. [B1]

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“the Colnbrook By-Pass on the A4”

“The railway was in fact shifted in 1937 a little to the west, over a distance of a quarter-mile, to make⟳ room for the by-pass at this point⟳, but complete⟳ abandonment was firmly vetoed because of the proved strategic value of the line.”

“In The Bus We Loved (2005) Travis Elborough describes the New Road [now named Euston Road and Marylebone Road] as 'London's first by-pass ... a kind of perimeter fence, a here be yokels boundary line between the burgeoning town and the country'.”

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