Outflank meaning

out-flăngk'
To maneuver around and behind the flank of (an opposing force).
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To gain a tactical advantage over (a competitor, for example).
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To go around and beyond the flank of (a body of enemy troops)
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To thwart; outwit.
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To maneuver around and behind the flank of (an opposing force).
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To gain a tactical advantage over (a competitor, for example).
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Origin of outflank

out- +"Ž flank

Sentence Examples

  • on the left, to attack and outflank the Turkish left wing on the mountains by means of Morava II.

  • Ali Pasha's greater numbers enabled him to outflank his enemy.

  • 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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