outflanking in English

verb
1
move around the side of (an enemy) so as to outmaneuver them.
the Germans had sought to outflank them from the northeast

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1. The outflanking move failed, when the Panzerarmee retreated, having lost 18 tanks, behind an obstacle course of deep mine-fields and many booby-traps, which slowed the pursuit.

2. This view is contrary to Dudink’s; the latter called for an "outflanking movement" towards the history of masculinity, in response to the errors he perceived in the study.