Examples of outflank in a Sentence
The army outflanked the enemy.
trying to outflank the competition
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Still, with the respect of the industry on his side, Scott could outflank a field of contenders.
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Clayton Davis, Variety, 27 Oct. 2023
DeSantis, a Republican who is running for president and seeking to outflank former president Donald Trump and other rivals for the GOP nomination, has signed a law considered one of the nation’s strictest state-level immigration crackdowns.
—Maria Sacchetti, Washington Post, 14 June 2023
Hamas projected itself as the defender of the Muslim holy sites in Jerusalem, which enabled it to outflank the rival PLO, which still controlled the West Bank.
—TIME, 17 Oct. 2023
The fighting dragged on for nearly four hours, according to the report, with Ben-Yehuda and the Caracal Battalion thwarting the terrorists’ attempts to outflank them.
—Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 25 Oct. 2023
But in recent years, its members have been outflanked by other candidates who represent a further right, more populist strain of the Republican party.
—Nicholas Kerr, ABC News, 4 Oct. 2023
So the pioneering industrialist, an early believer in vertical integration, looked for a way to outflank them and produce his own rubber.
—Terrence McCoy, Washington Post, 28 July 2023
Their steady advances have added urgency to a now pressing debate among liberals over how to outflank a suddenly more influential right.
—Jason Horowitz, New York Times, 9 July 2023
English-language pop’s timid longtime gatekeepers — radio stations — have been outflanked by audio and video streaming services.
—Jon Pareles, New York Times, 22 June 2023
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Clayton Davis, Variety, 27 Oct. 2023
DeSantis, a Republican who is running for president and seeking to outflank former president Donald Trump and other rivals for the GOP nomination, has signed a law considered one of the nation’s strictest state-level immigration crackdowns.
—Maria Sacchetti, Washington Post, 14 June 2023
Hamas projected itself as the defender of the Muslim holy sites in Jerusalem, which enabled it to outflank the rival PLO, which still controlled the West Bank.
—TIME, 17 Oct. 2023
The fighting dragged on for nearly four hours, according to the report, with Ben-Yehuda and the Caracal Battalion thwarting the terrorists’ attempts to outflank them.
—Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 25 Oct. 2023
But in recent years, its members have been outflanked by other candidates who represent a further right, more populist strain of the Republican party.
—Nicholas Kerr, ABC News, 4 Oct. 2023
So the pioneering industrialist, an early believer in vertical integration, looked for a way to outflank them and produce his own rubber.
—Terrence McCoy, Washington Post, 28 July 2023
Their steady advances have added urgency to a now pressing debate among liberals over how to outflank a suddenly more influential right.
—Jason Horowitz, New York Times, 9 July 2023
English-language pop’s timid longtime gatekeepers — radio stations — have been outflanked by audio and video streaming services.
—Jon Pareles, New York Times, 22 June 2023
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First Known Use
1765, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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out·flank
(ˈ)au̇t-ˈflaŋk 
: to get around the side of (a military formation)
outflank the enemy
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