end-aroundnoun [ C ]
ukusUSa solution to a problem that avoids the problem rather than dealing with it directly:
We're not officially allowed to use outside contractors, so we'll need to do an end-around to bypass that rule.
See also
work around
end-around
adjective [ before noun ]
The vehicles cannot be legally imported, but an end-around solution would be to import the parts and assemble them here.