end around


nounFootball.
  1. a play on offense in which an end, after running into the backfield, takes a handoff and attempts to run around the opposite end of the line.

Origin of end around

1
First recorded in 1925–30

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How to use end around in a sentence

  • But just as the contest was coming to an end around Weed's Hill, it suddenly commenced on the north side of the cemetery.

    The Boys of '61 | Charles Carleton Coffin.
  • Then he fixed the noose up in good shape, tied the other end around a limb and waited.

    The Boy Scouts of Bob's Hill | Charles Pierce Burton
  • To keep this cork, tie one end of a string around it and the other end around the barrel.

  • Do you stand here and hold this end of the rope, and I will run and tie the other end around her horns.

  • It may be necessary to use the wood on end around the vent tubes and posts as in Fig. 234, to get that part of the cover level.