Ee: End-Run

end run

n.

1. Football A play in which the ball carrier attempts to run around one end of the defensive line.

2. Informal A maneuver in which impediments are bypassed, often by deceit or trickery: made an end run around the departmental finance officer in order to increase the budget.

For Bush, setting up a religious-related office in the White House and end-running the overall ban on funneling federal money to religious organizations may have several purposes.

Mr. President, Remember Church-State Separation! by Thomas, Helen / Church & State