outflank

out·flank

to go around and beyond the flank of (a body of enemy troops)
to thwart; outwit

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outflank

transitive verb

out·flanked, out·flank·ing, out·flanks

To maneuver around and behind the flank of (an opposing force).
To gain a tactical advantage over (a competitor, for example).

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Verb

(third-person singular simple present outflanks, present participle outflanking, simple past and past participle outflanked)

To maneuver around and behind the flank of (an opposing force).
To gain a tactical advantage over (a competitor, for example).

Origin

out- +"Ž flank

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Ali Pasha's greater numbers enabled him to outflank his enemy.
On the left, to attack and outflank the Turkish left wing on the mountains by means of Morava II.
Lassalle, a democrat of the most advanced type, saw that an opportunity had come for asserting a third great cause - that of the working men - which would outflank the liberalism of the middle classes, and might even command the sympathy of the government.
Hence he was already aware that the French position extended to Roncourt at least, and had despatched a whole division down the valley of the Orne to outflank them.
It was a somewhat complicated manoeuvre; for he was attempting to outflank his enemy with a corps that he had subordinated to Marshal Ney.

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