0 to move forward past an enemy position in order to attack it from the side or from the back
The government has outflanked the opposition by cutting taxes.
1 to get an advantage over people or companies who are involved in the same industry or activity as you are:
Large firms use their influence and experience to outflank competitors.
We must reform our financial sector or risk being outflanked by foreign competition.
In embracing the power and danger of desire, it outflanks the discourses that seek to harness the power and suppress the danger.
Moreover, the mere presence of anti-immigrant parties can push mainstream parties towards a tougher line on immigration for fear of being outflanked.
Participation in these associations also outflanks other organizing forms, containing between 30 and 40 percent of the population.
Had the infantry been thrown in first, it might have succeeded, giving the cavalry time to regroup and adopt some outflanking tactics.
Western intellectuals in the critical social sciences feel embattled and outflanked on these two sides.
Finally, at the level of high politics, the relative dominance of a large social democratic party stood out, outflanked on the left by smaller radical and green parties.
His competent advice was ignored, and the guerrillas promptly exploited the command's tactical lapses to confuse, outflank, and destroy the divisions separately.
The fact is that for several years now, a campaign has been under way to outflank our traditional partners, for the benefit of the multinationals.
