verb. /flæŋk/ Verb Forms. be flanked by somebody/something. to have somebody/something on one or both sides. She left the courtroom flanked by armed guards. Take your English to the next level. The Oxford Learner’s Thesaurus explains the difference between groups of similar words. More @Wikipedia
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