outflanks

verb

Definition of outflanksnext
present tense third-person singular of outflank
as in avoids

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outflanks
  1. avoids
  2. escapes
  3. shakes
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  • The historical fantasy series My Lady Jane offers an alternative scenario where Jane (Emily Bader) avoids that fate with the help of her eventual husband, Lord Guilford Dudley (Edward Bluemel), and humans who can take animal form known as Ethians.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 24 Dec. 2024
  • That doesn’t mean that Cuban avoids taking chances on cryptocurrency altogether.
    Ashton Jackson, CNBC, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of avoids
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  • Bleeding and disoriented, Ian escapes the trunk and manages to accidentally throw himself off the side of the cliff, although even that doesn’t finish him off.
    K.J. Yossman, Variety, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Eventually, Rose, who has been incoherently crying for forgiveness, escapes to her bedroom and lies in bed, in pain, passing to the next stage of the ritual.
    Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of escapes
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  • Dexter has a panicked, sickened feeling after seeing his first dead kid, and the whole experience shakes him to his core.
    Nick Caruso, TVLine, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Looking around the restaurant patio at the Chateau Marmont, populated by folks famous and fame-adjacent, some whispering, others talking at a volume that seems less an invitation than a demand to eavesdrop, the filmmaker shakes his head and smiles.
    Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec. 2024
Definition of shakes
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