end run

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noun
  1. 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

  2. 2

    (by extension) An attempt to avoid a difficult situation by not confronting it directly

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/end%20run