end run

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.

Evasive action, as in The new department head was making an end run around the old hands who opposed her appointment. This term comes from American football, where it denotes an offensive play in which the ball carrier runs around one end of the opposing team's line. [Mid-1900s]

The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: (football) an attempt to advance the ball by running around the end of the line
  Synonym: sweep