- end run
- noun(American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running around the end of the line• Syn: ↑sweep• Topics: ↑American football, ↑American football game• Hypernyms: ↑run, ↑running, ↑running play, ↑running game
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noun1. or end sweep : a football play in which the ball carrier attempts to run wide around his own left or right flank2. : an evasive trick : an artful move* * *
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.[1900-05, Amer.]* * *
end run noun (US)1. In American football, an attempt to run wide of the end of a defensive line rather than try to break through it2. An act of circumventing a problem rather than confronting it• • •Main Entry: ↑end* * *
end run,1. Football. a play in which the ball carrier tries to advance the ball by circling one end of the defensive line.2. U.S. anything that resembles an end run in football, such as the shape of a graph or an indirect military strategy.U.S. Informal. to evade an obstacle or barrier, by trickery or indirection; circumvent: »He is not the sort of officer who writes personal letters to old Army friends in order to end-run around official channels (Newsweek).
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1.n. Football an attempt by the ballcarrier to run around the end of the defensive line■ an evasive tactic or maneuver2.an attempt to end-run regulations for fire protection
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noun, pl ⋯ runs [count]American football : a play in which the player carrying the ball tries to run around the line of defensive players— often used figuratively in U.S. English to describe a secret or dishonest attempt to avoid a rule, problem, etc.They tried to make/do an end run around the law but they failed.
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(in ↑American football) an attempt by the person carrying the ball to run around the end of the line of defending players
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
