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A running play in which the player carrying the ball attempts to avoid being tackled…A running play in which the player carrying the ball attempts to avoid being tackled by evading the defending players from the opposing team.
» I spoke to a child on the street, but he ended up running away.
Я заговорил с ребёнком на улице, но он в конце убежал.
Meaning
2 senses(Canada, US)A running play in which the player carrying the ball attempts to avoid being tackled by evading the defending players from the opposing team.
(Canada, US, broadly, figuratively, informal)An attempt to circumvent a difficult problem by not confronting it directly.
- (American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running around the end of the line
Examples
2 sentencesI spoke to a child on the street, but he ended up running away.
ruЯ заговорил с ребёнком на улице, но он в конце убежал.
In the end I ran to the station, and somehow got there on time.