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Tinanam0102 Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary

By pass your boss

Hi teachers,

I heard someone say you can't by pass / bypass your boss to his superior. I think it means go over your boss's head to his superior.

Is by-pass the word?

Thank you.

Tinanam
  

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Hi, I heard someone say you can't by pass / bypass your boss to his superior. I think it means go over your boss's head to his superior. Yes Is by-pass the word?

— Clive

  • Hi, I heard someone say you can't by pass / bypass your boss to his superior.
  • I think it means go over your boss's head to his superior.
  • Yes Is by-pass the word?
  • Yes.
  • No hyphen is needed.
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Hi,

I heard someone say you can't by pass / bypass your boss to his superior. I think it means go over your boss's head to his superior. Yes

Is by-pass the word? Yes. No hyphen is needed.

You don't 'bypass someon
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Hi Clive,

Thanks for your help again.

1. Could I ask if "bypass" a natural saying? More often I hear "go over".

2. Is "go behind his back and talk to his superior" same as "go over his heard and go to his superior"?

Thank you.

Tinanam
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It is a natural saying, they all have slightly different connotations. Bypass his boss has the hint that it isn't inportant that he tells his boss. Goes over his head tend to suggest that his boss might not have the power to deal with it of might not deal with it in the way he would like. Go behing his bosses' back suggestss a more underhanded motive to me.
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Hi Dave Phillips,

Thank you for your explanation.

Have a good day.

Tinanam
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