"end run" meaning in All languages combined

See end run on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: end runs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} 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. Categories (topical): Football (American)
    Sense id: en-end_run-en-noun-en:running_play_in_American_football Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 88 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 93 7 Topics: American-football, ball-games, football, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  2. (figuratively, by extension, chiefly informal) An attempt to circumvent a difficult problem by not confronting it directly. Tags: broadly, figuratively, informal
    Sense id: en-end_run-en-noun-en:circumvention_maneuver_in_any_context

Inflected forms

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