outflank

How To Use outflank In A Sentence

• Every time that the backwoodsmen tried to stitch her up, though, she would outflank them. Times, Sunday Times
• By the end of July, the forces of the three fronts outflanked the Orel force grouping of the enemy in the north, east and south.
• They found themselves outflanked by the rival takeover bid.
• 'Last night when you picked off that Jerry trying to outflank us - swing-lead-squeeze,' he said, demonstrating. AMAGANSETT
• It was designed to deliver a frontal strike and to create a chance to outflank the enemy's strong points.
• The Conservative leader tells the paper that while he was "outflanked" by Clegg in the TV debate, voters will dismiss the Lib Dems as a serious contender once they learn more about the party's policies. says Labour is now "wooing" Clegg "in earnest" amid mouting speculation there will be a hung parlaiment. The Guardian World News
• ‘We're going to outflank the enemy and catch them by surprise,’ she told them.
• He was totally outflanked in the debate.
• Those who mock France for building forts that were supposedly "outflanked" should know the "impregnable" modern US fortifications at Manila, and Britain's Fortress Singapore, were both taken from the rear by the Imperial Japanese Army. Eric Margolis: Four Myths About World War II
• Late in November 1950, they attacked the weaker South Korean units, drove them back, and partially outflanked the neighboring and suddenly vulnerable U.N. troops.