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Verb: outflank  ,awt'flangk
  1. Go around the flank of (an opposing army)
    - go around
     
  2. Get the better of
    "the goal was to outflank the competition";
    - outdo, trump, best, outgun

Derived forms: outflanked, outflanking, outflanks

Type of: beat, beat out, crush, go, locomote, move, shell, travel, trounce, vanquish

Encyclopedia: Outflank