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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
short-circuit
ˌshort-ˈcircuit [short-circuit short-circuits short-circuited short-circuiting] BrE NAmE (also informal short) verb
1. intransitive, transitive ~ (sth) to have a ↑short circuit; to make sth have a ↑short circuit
•The wires had short-circuited and burnt out.
2. transitive ~ sth to succeed in doing sth more quickly than usual, without going through all the usual processes
•The process of becoming a politician can be short-circuited if you are already a well-known public figure.
See also: ↑short
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