0 present 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.
It asserted that they could be employed either to break through the enemy's defences, or, by outflanking it, attack its lines of communication and headquarters.
They were determined to finish off a visibly disheartened and disorganised army by concentrating superior forces and the methodical use of encirclement and outflanking.
Within two days the reality on the ground had completely changed in favour of the guerrillas, who found a gap which made viable an outflanking operation.
It is addressed specifically to outflanking the veto.
I hope that he will accept my assurance that it was not done with a view to outflanking him in any way.
The rules of the game provide for ambush, for outflanking, long-range bombardment, trench warfare, attack at dawn, and indeed for hand-to-hand engagement.
A quick outflanking movement hurried him back.
The first is the outflanking method.
