outflank
/aʊtˈflaŋk
/verb [with object]
1Move round the side of (an enemy) so as to outmanoeuvre them: the Germans had sought to outflank them from the north-east...
- Static warfare prevented observation of anything beyond the front line by ground forces, which could not hope to outflank the enemy to observe unseen.
- It was designed to deliver a frontal strike and to create a chance to outflank the enemy's strong points.
- ‘We're going to outflank the enemy and catch them by surprise,’ she told them.
1.1Outwit: an attempt to outflank the opposition...
- He has so far cleverly outwitted and outflanked this attempt to marginalize him on the political stage.
- The promotion was an attempt to outflank its rival, which was winning over viewers by hiring younger, more attractive presenters.
- His call to buy more shares and move away from residential property has been labelled an attempt to outflank political opponents on the right.
Rhymes
- fit someone like a glove
- fit someone/thing in (or into)
- fit someone/thing out (or up)
- fit someone up
- fitted
- fitted sheet
- fitter
- fit the bill
- fitting
- fittingly
- fittingness
- fitting room
- fitting shop
- Fittipaldi, Emerson
- fit to be tied
- fit to bust
- fit-up
- Fitzgerald, Barry
- FitzGerald contraction
- Fitzgerald, Edward
- Fitzgerald, Ella
- Fitzgerald, F. Scott
- FitzGerald–Lorentz contraction
- Fitzrovia
- Fitzroy