Examples of outflank in a Sentence
The army outflanked the enemy.
trying to outflank the competition
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Greg Petro, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
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Kennedy had entered office hoping to alter Washington’s reputation in the developing world by encouraging reform movements and decolonization as a way to outflank Moscow.
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Greg Petro, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
There are several of these super-creeps — too many for Dina and Ellie to outflank.
—Noel Murray, New York Times, 12 May 2025
Kennedy had entered office hoping to alter Washington’s reputation in the developing world by encouraging reform movements and decolonization as a way to outflank Moscow.
—Timothy Naftali, Foreign Affairs, 2 May 2025
Lee is outflanking Taylor in vote transfers from Webb and Tyron Jordan, the respective fifth- and third-place candidates.
—Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for outflank
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“Outflank.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outflank. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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outflank
verb
out·flank
(ˈ)au̇t-ˈflaŋk 
: to get around the side of (a military formation)
outflank the enemy
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