end run

Also found in: Thesaurus, Idioms, Wikipedia.

Related to end run: sought, supplemental, upheld, lacklustre, prioritise, preliminary

end run

1. Football A play in which the ball carrier attempts to run around one end of the defensive line.

2. Informal A maneuver in which impediments are bypassed, often by a clever stratagem or deceit: "Grafting is an ingenious way humankind discovered to make an end run around apple genetics" (Sue Hubbell).

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

end′ run`

1. Also called end′ sweep`. a running play in football in which the ballcarrier attempts to outflank the defensive end.

2. an indirect or evasive and expedient maneuver.

[1900–05, Amer.]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Switch to new thesaurus

Noun

end run - (American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running around the end of the line

sweep

American football, American football game - a game played by two teams of 11 players on a rectangular field 100 yards long; teams try to get possession of the ball and advance it across the opponents goal line in a series of (running or passing) plays

running, running game, running play, run - (American football) a play in which a player attempts to carry the ball through or past the opposing team; "the defensive line braced to stop the run"; "the coach put great emphasis on running"

Mentioned in ?

References in periodicals archive ?

JAMIE'S THE TALK OF THE TOWN EVERYBODY'S Talking About Jamie is coming to Birmingham a few short months after it's current West End run.

SHOW BUZZ; ALL THE LATEST FROM THE WORLD OF ENTERTAINMENT

By the end of the tour and the new West End run, Ian McKellen On Stage is expected to have raised PS3 million.

Sir Ian's boost for theatre

AFTER a West End run during which it was described by one critic as "the best British Comedy since One Man, Two Guvnors", the stage adaptation of the 1998 film Shakespeare In Love is going on tour.

Stage is set for an Elizabethan love story

Go has been performing in the West End run of the hit musical 'Hamilton.' She plays the title character Alexander Hamilton's wife, Eliza Schuyler.

LOOK: Rachelle Ann Go meets 'girl crush' actress Keira Knightley

Federal and state officials are doing an end run around voters' desire to keep Idaho from becoming a nuclear waste dump.

Idaho officials seek end run on nuclear waste regulation

Tommy, who made his name as a singer, will be appearing as Scrooge at Venue Cymru in Llandudno from January 6-11 as part of the tour which kicked off at the end of October, after a West End run, and will end in the North Wales town.

Decade turn for Tommy

Directed by Kylie Minogue's creative director, the show also features songs especially composed by Boy George and is coming to Billingham following a West End Run.

FORUM THEATRE, BILLINGHAM

The play, which has the blessing of the Wodehouse Estate, will open in Richmond and Brighton in October ahead of a West End run at the Duke of York's Theatre.

PG Wodehouse's 'Jeeves and Wooster' set to debut on West End

Essex - whose chart hits include Rock On and Hold Me Close - has long planned to tour his musical All The Fun Of The Fair from next month, following a West End run.

Enders leave 'open door' for Essex return

The West End musical sensation which will be centre stage at the city's Empire Theatre in November and the music and dancing pormises to be just as electrifyin' as it was when the show began its West End run four years ago.

Grease is the word

Independent Film Distribution: How to Make A Successful End Run Around the Big Guys appears in a second updated edition to pack in keys to success.

Independent Film Distribution

The Times acknowledged that the administration's purpose in issuing the regulation is to perform an end run around Congress: "While the new law does not mention advance care planning, the Obama administration has been able to achieve its policy goal through the regulation-writing process, a strategy that could become more prevalent in the next two years as the president deals with a strengthened Republican opposition in Congress."