Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to outflank
Participle: outflanked
Gerund: outflanking
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | outflank |
| you | outflank |
| he;she;it | outflanks |
| we | outflank |
| you | outflank |
| they | outflank |
Perfect
| I | have outflanked |
| you | have outflanked |
| he;she;it | has outflanked |
| we | have outflanked |
| you | have outflanked |
| they | have outflanked |
Past
| I | outflanked |
| you | outflanked |
| he;she;it | outflanked |
| we | outflanked |
| you | outflanked |
| they | outflanked |
Pluperfect
| I | had outflanked |
| you | had outflanked |
| he;she;it | had outflanked |
| we | had outflanked |
| you | had outflanked |
| they | had outflanked |
Future
| I | will outflank |
| you | will outflank |
| he;she;it | will outflank |
| we | will outflank |
| you | will outflank |
| they | will outflank |
Future Perfect
| I | will have outflanked |
| you | will have outflanked |
| he;she;it | will have outflanked |
| we | will have outflanked |
| you | will have outflanked |
| they | will have outflanked |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | outflank |
| you | outflank |
| he;she;it | outflank |
| we | outflank |
| you | outflank |
| they | outflank |
Perfect
| I | have outflanked |
| you | have outflanked |
| he;she;it | have outflanked |
| we | have outflanked |
| you | have outflanked |
| they | have outflanked |
Imperfect
| I | outflanked |
| you | outflanked |
| he;she;it | outflanked |
| we | outflanked |
| you | outflanked |
| they | outflanked |
Pluperfect
| I | had outflanked |
| you | had outflanked |
| he;she;it | had outflanked |
| we | had outflanked |
| you | had outflanked |
| they | had outflanked |
Conditional
Present
| I | would outflank |
| you | would outflank |
| he;she;it | would outflank |
| we | would outflank |
| you | would outflank |
| they | would outflank |
Perfect
| I | would have outflanked |
| you | would have outflanked |
| he;she;it | would have outflanked |
| we | would have outflanked |
| you | would have outflanked |
| they | would have outflanked |
Imperative
| you | outflank |
| we | Let's outflank |
| you | outflank |
Verbs conjugated like 'outflank'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'outflank'
out-flank,
outflash,
outfling,
outland,
outplan,
outplant,
outrank,
flank,
outask,
outbark,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *úd
3. Proto-Germanic *ūt
4. Proto-Germanic *ūt-
5. Old English ūt-
6. Middle English ut-
7. English out-
8. English flank
9. English outflank
10. From out- + flank.
Sample Sentences
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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. [1977, Desmond Christopher Martin Platt, Business Imperialism, 1840-1930, page 148:]
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Few expect the unrest to stop anytime soon. The government may hope to outflank the protest movement by painting them as unwilling to accept compromise, but even some of Lam’s allies have publicly said that the withdrawal was too little, too late. [2019 September 4, James Griffith, “Hong Kong government’s attempt to outflank protesters is doomed to fail”, in CNN:]