outflanked

verb

past tense of outflank
as in avoided

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outflanked
  1. avoided
  2. evaded
  3. escaped
  4. eluded
  5. shunned
  6. eschewed
  7. ducked
  8. shook
Verb
  • Our weak college presidents have avoided telling the truth for too long.
    — Bruce Svare, Sportico.com, 17 Oct. 2026
  • That score came after Manning avoided a sack on a fourth down and found Emmett Mosley V for 62 yards to set up the TD pass.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of avoided
Verb
  • Last year, a Houthi missile evaded Israel’s vaunted air defenses and impacted near Ben Gurion airport.
    — Tim Lister, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2026
  • State police said evidence was located at the scene which indicated that a 2022 Triumph Rocket 3 GT, operated by 56-year-old Alexander Rivera of Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania, was struck by vehicle that allegedly evaded the scene.
    — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of evaded
Verb
  • Shawn Curtis and his dog Lux escaped through Curtis' bedroom window when waves overtook his apartment.
    — Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 17 Oct. 2026
  • That, to me, is the main reason why machine learning escaped a scientific crisis.
    — Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of escaped
Verb
  • The prize eluded him, but there is a bust of Sasakawa at the World Health Organization, in Geneva.
    — Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
  • The new results, which have previously eluded human beings, span many corners of mathematics, from algebra to geometry to differential equations.
    — Miriam Waldvogel, Washington Post, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of eluded
Verb
  • Dropped by his followers and shunned by his circle, Jim has only Lucien on his side, a skinny and fiercely loyal admirer.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026
  • So do countries with emerging economies such as India and the Philippines, doubly shunned because their thriving back-office service sectors are particularly at risk of displacement by artificial intelligence.
    — RUCHIR SHARMA, Foreign Affairs, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of shunned
Verb
  • Netflix has long had a corporate culture that largely eschewed layoffs (the cuts earlier this week were its first in four years) but favored individual teams making changes as needed.
    — Aaron Couch, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Under the leadership of the longtime chief gemologist and vice president, the house highlighted American gemstones at a time when European jewelers mostly eschewed them in favor of more stones from more traditional sources.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of eschewed
Verb
  • All of a sudden, Bass was a staggering champion lunging at a revived Raman, who swung and stung and ducked the way only a hungry up-and-comer can.
    — Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Final accounting for 2025-26 revenue sharing is still to be completed, but big market clubs are on the hook for bigger bills after seven teams ducked under the luxury tax threshold ahead of the trade deadline.
    — Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of ducked
Verb
  • The crossing left at least 140 migrants dead and shook the city perched on the Mediterranean coast.
    — JOSEPH WILSON, Arkansas Online, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Both were arrested and were being held in separate prisons in the central city of Isfahan over their participation in the nationwide January protests that shook the Islamic republic.
    — Frank Andrews, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of shook
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“Outflanked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outflanked. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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