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end around
noun
, Football.
- a play on offense in which an end, after running into the backfield, takes a handoff and attempts to run around the opposite end of the line.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of end around1
First recorded in 1925–30
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Example Sentences
But just as the contest was coming to an end around Weed's Hill, it suddenly commenced on the north side of the cemetery.
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Then he fixed the noose up in good shape, tied the other end around a limb and waited.
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To keep this cork, tie one end of a string around it and the other end around the barrel.
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Do you stand here and hold this end of the rope, and I will run and tie the other end around her horns.
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It may be necessary to use the wood on end around the vent tubes and posts as in Fig. 234, to get that part of the cover level.
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