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What does outflank mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word outflank? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (transitive) To maneuver around and behind the flank of (an opposing force).
  2. (transitive) To gain a tactical advantage over (a competitor, for example).
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The promotion was an attempt to outflank its rival, which was winning over viewers by hiring younger, more attractive presenters.
Perhaps this is how Demetrius's left found it so easy to outflank the Ptolemaic right.
His squadron was now racing back through the Dominion battle group to engage the Alliance fleet moving to outflank.
They were under orders to circle south and east to surround Paris and outflank the Allied armies, ending the war within six weeks.
If the group is staggered or further spread out so you can't outflank them to the side, you have to become especially evasive.
In ancient times, the wedge was used to allow a formation to rapidly change directions and outflank an opponent.

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