end run

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end run (plural end runs)

  1. (American football) A running play in which the player carrying the ball attempts to avoid being tackled by evading the defending players from the opposing team.
  2. (figuratively, by extension, chiefly informal) An attempt to circumvent a difficult problem by not confronting it directly.

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