- 1be flanked by somebody or something to have someone or something on one or both sides She left the courtroom flanked by armed guards.
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- 2flank something to be placed on one or both sides of something They drove through the cotton fields that flanked Highway 17.
flank
verbNAmE//flæŋk//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they flank he / she / it flanks
past simple flanked
-ing form flanking
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