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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
outflank .
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Examples
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Based on a critique of the status quo, Medvedev has begun to chart an alternative path that outflanks both liberal and conservative ideology.
Adrian Pabst: President Medvedev's Project Of Modernization Adrian Pabst 2010
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Blech & Limpballs are trying to outcrazy each other … while Obama quietly outflanks them with truth.
Think Progress » Beck: Obama is ‘dividing the nation’ by reacting ‘so rapidly to Haiti.’ 2010
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On major issues of the day, from the war in Iraq to gay marriage, Caroline Kennedy outflanks most of them and is more progressive.
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A.J. Antoon's Central Park production for the New York Shakespeare Festival outflanks the problem by setting the play in the American wild West of the late 1800s.
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The 2nd Pink Regiment captures the Hen House and outflanks the Blue Army, which has to fall back.
Archive 2008-08-01 Der Alte Fritz 2008
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Hallah Iron-Thighs outflanks that position, though, by jumping head first into the “message.”
PodCastle » PC021: Hallah Iron-Thighs and the Change of Life 2008
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Taking stock of the new areas of competition in which Toyota still outflanks GM – and setting goals and metrics for monitoring a closing of the gap – is a crucial first step and Congress deserves to see this assessment.
GM Plan Doesn't Go Far Enough Michael Useem 2008
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The immune system changes its recognition as well but the virus outflanks it.
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Since the construction of the railway, which completely outflanks their country, they have been fairly orderly.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various
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Then he retires to a safe distance from the bank, outflanks the trout, and comes round in his rear.
Lost Leaders Andrew Lang 1878
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