He had tried to outflank them.

他曾试图占据上风，战胜他们。

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Proper justice is designed precisely to outflank such escalation.

适当的公平准确的说是为包庇这些权利扩大化而设计出来的。

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If your flank march is going well, the enemy expects you to outflank him.

如果你的侧翼迂回进行的很顺利，是因为敌人正期待着你从侧翼接近他们。

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Razor wire was also strung across the fields beside the bridge to prevent any efforts to outflank the barrier.

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But his only option for beating Livni in the Kadima leadership primary is to outflank her on the Left.

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He hopes in this way to soften Mr Sharon's objections, and also to outflank the sizeable scepticism in his own Labour Party.

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