end run
Go around strategy
An end run is a football play where the ball carrier attempts to run around the end of the offensive line rather than through the middle.
Figuratively, an end run is a maneuver that bypasses obstacles or opposition rather than confronting them directly: She did an end run around her supervisor and went straight to the CEO.
Makeshift bypass of difficulty
- circumventAvoid by going around
- sidestepEvade by moving aside
- maneuverDeliberate tactical movement
- evasionAct of escaping detection
loophole · shortcut · detour · runaround · outflank · avoid · skirt · dodge
Brush clean with broom
- tackleGear or takedown
- blockerSomething that obstructs
- offensive lineFootball's protective forward squad
- running backLocomoting to prior location
yardage · sideline · gridiron · scrimmage · first down · ball carrier · play action · quarterback
workaround
Makeshift bypass of difficulty
- circumventAvoid by going around
- sidestepEvade by moving aside
- maneuverDeliberate tactical movement
evasion · loophole · shortcut · detour · runaround · outflank · avoid · skirt · dodge · bureaucracy
sweep
Brush clean with broom
- tackleGear or takedown
- blockerSomething that obstructs
- offensive lineFootball's protective forward squad
running back · yardage · sideline · gridiron · scrimmage · first down · ball carrier · play action · quarterback · red zone
- tacticsmaneuver, counter-attack, gambit, ambush, counterstrike
- outflankingflanking, encirclement, pincer, envelopment, double envelopment
- flanking tacticsoutflanking, envelopment, pincer movement, double envelopment, encirclement
- footballfootball, touchdown, field goal, quarterback, goal
- deceptionlie, lies, lying, fake, fraud
- alternate routesbypass, detour, alternate route, reroute, diversion
end rundirect approach
Unsubtle, frontal method
frontal assault · straight shot · full frontal · direct attack · going through
end runofficial channels
Authorized pathways for requests
by the book · standard procedure · due process · chain of command
run, end, ending, ended, endless, ends, unending, endlessly, rinsing