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end-run

 

Definitions from WordNet

Noun end-run has 1 sense
  1. end run, sweep - (American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running around the end of the line
    --1 is a kind of run, running, running play, running game

Definitions from the Web

Term: End-run

Part of Speech: Noun

Sense:

1. A maneuver or course of action carried out in order to bypass an obstacle or achieve a goal directly.

2. In American football, a play in which the ball carrier runs around the end of the line of scrimmage.

Sample Sentence for Sense 1:

He made an end-run around bureaucratic hurdles by taking his proposal directly to the CEO.

Sample Sentence for Sense 2:

The quarterback executed a perfect end-run, evading several defenders and scoring a touchdown.

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