end around

noun

, Football.

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.

First recorded in 1925–30

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

Then he fixed the noose up in good shape, tied the other end around a limb and waited.

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.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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