1841 7 753/2 It is a species of manœuvre much resembling the outflanking in military tactics.
1893 F. W. L. Adams 245 The choice lay..between a direct front attack and an outflanking movement.
1940 16 114/1 If such outflanking is by the northern end.
2000 J. Caughie iii. 70 The outflanking of the Left by a really popular Popular Culture.