end run

Thân thiện

The quarterback makes an end run around the defensive line.

Definition

Noun: 1. (American football) A play in which the ball carrier attempts to run around the end of the opposing team's defensive line. 2. (figurative) A strategic maneuver to bypass an obstacle, opposition, or established procedure in order to achieve an objective indirectly.

Usage

• The term is most specific to the sport of American football.
• In its figurative sense, it describes an action taken to avoid direct confrontation or circumvent rules, often implying cleverness or deception.

Examples

• Noun (Literal - Football):
  • The quarterback handed the ball off for an end run, gaining 15 yards.
  • Their strategy relied heavily on successful end runs to control the game's pace.
• Noun (Figurative):
  • The lobbyist tried an end run around the committee by appealing directly to the senator.
  • Making a deal with a subsidiary company was just an end run to avoid the parent company's strict policies.

Advanced Usage

• "to make an end run around [someone/something]": This is the most common figurative construction. It explicitly states what obstacle or procedure is being circumvented.
  • He made an end run around the standard hiring process by getting a personal recommendation from the CEO.

Variants and Related Words

• End-run (verb, often hyphenated): To execute such a maneuver.
  • They attempted to end-run the regulations.

Synonyms

• (Figurative) Circumvention, bypass, workaround, flanking maneuver.

Related Idioms

• Run around the end: A less common phrasing for the same football play or figurative action.

Học thuật

Noun

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

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