outflanked

verb

Definition of outflankednext
past tense of outflank
as in avoided

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outflanked
  1. avoided
  2. evaded
  3. escaped
  4. eluded
  5. shunned
  6. shook
  7. circumvented
  8. dodged
Verb
  • When a city’s leadership makes the decision, divisive and expensive referenda can be avoided, Newbrun wrote.
    Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
  • Hollywood mostly avoided the post-election weekend out of concern that people wouldn’t be paying attention to anything other than the presidential race.
    Variety, NBC News, 11 Nov. 2024
Definition of avoided
Verb
  • Except Montgomery, the Lions’ tough running back, bounced off his first would-be tackler and evaded several more in easily the game’s most improbable play.
    Andrew Greif, NBC News, 1 Oct. 2024
  • The drone had evaded Israeli air defenses by approaching Israel from its Mediterranean coast.
    Paul Iddon, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
Definition of evaded
Verb
  • In May, the filmmaker escaped to Europe after receiving sentence of jail and flogging from the Iranian authorities.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Stephanie and John Zara escaped from their home near Asheville but had to leave their phones, identification and other belongings behind.
    NBC News, NBC News, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of escaped
Verb
  • Are Post and Bey likely to get the kind of Big Four attention that has eluded core country artists in recent years — and who are the artists who could get the same kind of consideration this year?
    Paul Grein, Billboard, 4 Oct. 2024
  • In recent years, Rose had spoken often of his mortality and of his desire to be inducted into baseball's Hall of Fame, an honor that eluded him for three decades because of the permanent ban Major League Baseball imposed after he was found to have bet on baseball.
    Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 2 Oct. 2024
Definition of eluded
Verb
  • After spending a year in Europe together, the pair were effectively shunned from Chicago society.
    Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 30 Sep. 2024
  • Otherwise, the country will continue to be regarded as a hostile enclave, to be shunned by the world.
    Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 18 Apr. 2022
Definition of shunned
Verb
  • But, starting in the 1980s, the repression of 1968 was discussed more openly as demands for democratic change shook the dominance of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, which ruled Mexico for most of the 20th century.
    Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2024
  • The two shook hands at the top of the evening and repeatedly agreed with each other throughout the debate on the major issues facing the country.
    Brooke Seipel, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2024
Definition of shook
Verb
  • The Food and Drug Administration decided that 23andMe’s test and health reports about a person’s predisposition to various diseases circumvented the regulator.
    Lila MacLellan, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2024
  • Evers eventually circumvented the Joint Finance Committee with American Rescue Plan Act funds.
    Claudia Levens, Journal Sentinel, 16 Oct. 2024
Definition of circumvented
Verb
  • The hospital, atop a hill just south of downtown Asheville, dodged flooding that submerged much of Buncombe County but is laboring to keep up with an onslaught of patients from several counties.
    John Bacon, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Asked again about his non-answer, Vance dodged again.
    John Wisely, Detroit Free Press, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of dodged
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