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end run

–noun
1. Football. Also called end sweep, sweep. a running play in which the ball-carrier attempts to outflank the defensive end.
2. Informal.
a. an evasive or diversionary maneuver.
b. an attempt to surmount a difficulty without confronting it directly.

Origin:
1900–05, Americanism
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end-run   (ěnd'rŭn')
tr.v.   end-ran (-rān'), end-run·ning, end-runs
Informal To bypass (an impediment) often by deceit or trickery: "The plan to end-run the ... Senate committee ran into instant resistance" (Peter Goldman).
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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