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Definition of "end-run" []

  • Informal To bypass (an impediment) often by deceit or trickery: "The plan to end-run the ... Senate committee ran into instant resistance” ( Peter Goldman). (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "end-run" in a sentence
  • "Reporting from Sacramento- In what he called an end-run around Sacramento's partisan gridlock, Gov. his bid to raise taxes on high earners and boost the sales tax by a half-cent for the next five years."
  • "Mr. Loughner's lawyers objected, saying the decision to force medication was an "end-run" around his right to contest the treatment in a court hearing on the matter."
  • "He acknowledges that both liberals and conservatives have turned to the Court to end-run Congress and state legislatures to achieve their means, and to some degree they've had some success."
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