0 past simple and past participle of outflank
1 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.
But these compromises can be outflanked by immigration laws.
Moreover, the mere presence of anti-immigrant parties can push mainstream parties towards a tougher line on immigration for fear of being outflanked.
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.
We are being outflanked in that area where we might have been to the fore.
Fortunately, the go-ahead, thoughtful professionals recognise the need for change, and the professional associations are finding themselves either increasingly co-operative or increasingly outflanked.
He has never been outflanked on the left before.
But the suggestion that we are being outflanked by heavy subsidisation throughout the world is wrong.
