end-around
noun[C]
USukusasolutionto aproblemthatavoidstheproblemratherthandealingwith itdirectly:
We're notofficiallyallowedto useoutsidecontractors, so we'll need to do an end-around tobypassthatrule.
See also
work around
end-around
adjective[before noun]
Thevehiclescannot belegallyimported, but an end-aroundsolutionwould be toimportthepartsandassemblethem here.