Sentence example with the word 'outflank'

outflank

circumvent, elude, foil, get around, give the runaround, go one better, outgeneral, outmaneuver, outreach, outwit, pass the buck, victimize

Definition v. go around the flank of

Last update: August 16, 2015


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King Shivaji outflanked the Mogul army.   [Please select]

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On the left, to attack and outflank the Turkish left wing on the mountains by means of Morava II.   [Please select]

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The French line was wider than ours, and it was plain that they could easily outflank us on both sides.   [Please select]

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At Smolensk too he judged correctly that the French might outflank us, as they had larger forces.   [Please select]

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I saw at once that this was a party who had outflanked our men, and would speedily attack them in the rear.   [Please select]

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And I--watching from behind cover on the right wing--snatched that moment to outflank them, so that they ran pell-mell.   [Please select]

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Cornwallis had only to outflank them, crumple them up, roll them back on the impassable Delaware, and then--God help them all.   [Please select]

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