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outflanking

n. The act of one who outflanks. vb. (present participle of outflank English)

Usage examples of "outflanking".

As French extended to the east and north the Boers extended also to prevent him from outflanking them, and so the little armies stretched and stretched until they were two long mobile skirmishing lines.

The Boer position could only be taken by outflanking it, and we were not numerous enough nor mobile enough to outflank it.

The original plan was that the taking of Vaalkranz should be the first step towards the outflanking of Brakfontein and the rolling up of the whole Boer position.

Iraqi divisions, the coalition did not have the strength to execute the wide outflanking maneuver that eventually won the war, and instead the CENTCOM plan called for a thrust into the heart of the Iraqi defenses.