"outflank" meaning in English

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        "To maneuver around and behind the flank of (an opposing force)."
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        "(transitive) To maneuver around and behind the flank of (an opposing force)."
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          "roman": "obhoždam",
          "sense": "to maneuver around and behind",
          "word": "обхождам"
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to maneuver around and behind",
          "word": "koukata"
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          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "to maneuver around and behind",
          "word": "ystlysu"
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          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "to maneuver around and behind",
          "word": "gorasgellu"
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          "text": "Unscrupulous members offered special discounts, illegal rebates, and unauthorized underquotations to outflank their conference partners, and blamed their agents or 'invented' competition to justify these tactics.",
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      "roman": "obhoždam",
      "sense": "to maneuver around and behind",
      "word": "обхождам"
    },
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      "sense": "to maneuver around and behind",
      "word": "koukata"
    },
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      "sense": "to maneuver around and behind",
      "word": "ystlysu"
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      "sense": "to maneuver around and behind",
      "word": "gorasgellu"
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  "word": "outflank"
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