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end-around

end-a·round (plural end-a·rounds)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. play with end carrying ball: in football, a play in which an end on one side carries the ball around the opposite side of the field

2. U.S. indirect way of getting result: an indirect attack on a problem that avoids opponents instead of confronting them ( informal )

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