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单词 end run
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end run

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noun

Football.Also called end sweep, sweep. a running play in which the ball-carrier attempts to outflank the defensive end.
Informal.
  1. an evasive or diversionary maneuver.
  2. an attempt to surmount a difficulty without confronting it directly.

Origin of end run

An Americanism dating back to 1900–05

Words nearby end run

endpoint, end-position nystagmus, end product, end rhyme, endrin, end run, endshake, end stage, end-stopped, Endsville, end-systolic volume
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Example sentences from the Web for end run

  • Except for one thing: you can't do an end-run around an enumerated right with some sort of semantic game.

    You Can't Save Gun Control With Word Games|Megan McArdle|December 19, 2012|DAILY BEAST

  • Earlier talk of doing an end-run around Karzai's central government was mostly talk, but that seems to be changing.

    Is Saving Karzai Worth U.S. Lives?|Reihan Salam|November 12, 2009|DAILY BEAST

Idioms and Phrases with end run

end run

Evasive action, as in The new department head was making an end run around the old hands who opposed her appointment. This term comes from American football, where it denotes an offensive play in which the ball carrier runs around one end of the opposing team's line. [Mid-1900s]

The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

Words related to end run

deceive, outfox, outmaneuver, baffle, outdo, circumvent, bamboozle, cheat, gull, confuse, hoax, have, defraud, trick, bewilder, outsmart, top, finagle, beat, overreach
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