get past

verb5

1. •
   To continue around a blockage; to get around (something); to surpass something that is in the way.
2. •
   To cause something to get around a blockage; to cause to get around or surpass something that is in the way.
3. •
   (figurative) To get through a difficult time; to overcome a source of grief.
4. •
   (figurative) To cause someone to overcome a source of grief or get through a difficult time.
5. •
   (figurative) To pass by unnoticed by someone who would have the power to halt or correct it.

   • He was an intelligent mathematician, and very few mistakes got past him in his works.