"end run" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: end runs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} end run (plural end runs)
  1. A running play in American football in which the player carrying the ball attempts to avoid being tackled by evading the defending players from the opposing team
    Sense id: en-end_run-en-noun-3a56k3nU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 93 7
  2. (informal, by extension) An attempt to avoid a difficult situation by not confronting it directly Tags: broadly, informal
    Sense id: en-end_run-en-noun-DRl32ujf

Inflected forms

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