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end run

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end run noun
plural end runs
end run
noun
plural end runs
Learner's definition of END RUN
[count] American football
: a play in which the player carrying the ball tries to run around the line of defensive players(端线外侧)迂回进攻often used figuratively in U.S. English to describe a secret or dishonest attempt to avoid a rule, problem, etc.在美国英语中常用作比喻,指试图秘密或不诚实地规避规则、问题等

end run

1 of 2

noun

1
: a football play in which the ballcarrier attempts to run wide around the end of the line
specifically : sweep sense 3e
2
: an evasive trick or maneuver
made an end run around the regulations

end-run

2 of 2

verb

end-ran; end-running; end-runs

transitive verb

: to avoid artfully
end-running the law

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
Trump did that as an end run around Congress, which wasn’t sending him enough money to spend on a border wall. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 20 July 2022 So, thwarted by the apes, AMC did an end run around them. Jason Zweig, WSJ, 26 Aug. 2022 And there was Lalo, recording evidence for Don Eladio (Steven Bauer) of Gus' planned end run around the cartel. Dan Snierson, EW.com, 12 July 2022 Two presidents, wily and profane, tried an end run around democracy. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 21 July 2022 Two presidents, wily and profane, tried an end run around democracy. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 21 July 2022 Two presidents, wily and profane, tried an end run around democracy. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 28 June 2022 But to others, the effort was a sly end run that avoided consideration of whether the project was needed at all. Ivan Penn, New York Times, 31 May 2022 Despite the defeat of MGB's outpatient expansion, Massachusetts House Speaker Ron Mariano, a Democrat, said the state’s cost-control model needs strengthening to prevent hospitals from making an end run around it. Harris Meyer, Fortune, 3 May 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

1902, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

1952, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of end run was in 1902

See also: end run


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