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词汇 end-run
释义 end-run
noun[ C ]
US(alsoend run)uk /ˈend.rʌn/ us /ˈend.rʌn/

end-runnoun[C] (AVOIDING)


a way of avoiding a rule that was put in place to stop you from doing something:
make an end-run aroundThe teachers made an end-run around the regulations by using two different textbooks.
do an end-run aroundOfficials in California tried to do an end run around the federal governement.
Fraudsters have learned how to do an end-run around the new legislation.
He's done an end-run around the people who want to limit his power.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Avoiding action
abrogate
abrogation
avoid
avoid something like the plagueidiom
avoidance
elude
eschew
evader
evasion
fiddle
fiddle around
insure
shirk
short circuit
shrink from something
shy away from something
sit on your arseidiom
steer
welch
Welsh

end-runnoun[C] (SPORT)


in American football, an occasion when a wide receiver runs across the field behind the line of scrimmage and is handed the ball so that they can run forwards with it:
They tried to fool the defence with an end run.
Synonym
end-around
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

American football
attempt
audibilize
back judge
blitz
blocker
bootleg
dime
flare
formation
forward pass
forward progress
free play
free safety
point after
pulling blocker
pump-fake
punt
return specialist
returner
turnover
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