to close or block a road etc., using a barricade
to keep someone in (or out), using a blockade, especially ships in a port
A barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence
An obstacle, barrier, or bulwark.
A place of confrontation.
To avoid or bypass an obstacle.
To circumvent the obligation and performance of a chore; to get out of.
To visit numerous different places.
To transport oneself from place to place.
To be sexually promiscuous.
To move to the other side of (something, such as an obstruction) by deviating from a direct course or following a curved path.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see get, around.