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outflank

[ out-flangk ]

/ ˌaʊtˈflæŋk /

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verb (used with object)

to go or extend beyond the flank of (an opposing military unit); turn the flank of.

to outmaneuver or bypass.

Origin of outflank

First recorded in 1755–65; out- + flank

OTHER WORDS FROM outflank

out·flank·er, noun

Words nearby outflank

outfielder, outfighting, outfit, outfit car, outfitter, outflank, outflow, outflux, outfly, outfoot, outfox

Example sentences from the Web for outflank

The competition too often becomes about who can outflank their fellow travelers.

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The most acute risk comes from those who outflank radicals with deeper radicalism.

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He even recruited a few of his former agency handlers, once retired, to help him outflank the CIA.

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To woo back Tea Party support from Perry, she has to outflank him to the right, and she risks going too far.

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They form circles of regiments in order to outflank the enemy.

The Story of the Zulu Campaign |Waller Ashe
Boyd tried to outflank the British left and Nairne's company was sent forward to charge for one of the enemy's guns.

A Canadian Manor and Its Seigneurs |George M. Wrong
Roberts's aim was to outflank and possibly to capture Cronje's army.

The Great Boer War |Arthur Conan Doyle
But they might outflank him and come in to the right or left of him.

On the Yukon Trail |Roy J. Snell
Dundonald was instructed to work in rear of the infantry and outflank any detachment of the enemy that might appear on the Nek.

A Handbook of the Boer War |Gale and Polden, Limited

British Dictionary definitions for outflank

outflank

/ (ˌaʊtˈflæŋk) /

verb (tr)

to go around the flank of (an opposing army)

to get the better of