open the range
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open the range (third-person singular simple present opens the range, present participle opening the range, simple past and past participle opened the range)
- (military) To draw oneself or one's vehicles (warships, tanks, aircraft, etc.) out of range of the enemy's fire.
- Even after receiving the order to withdraw, the battle-cruiser squadron took several more hits before they managed to open the range.
- 2019 February 27, Drachinifel, 18:40 from the start, in The Battle of Samar - Odds? What are those?[1], archived from the original on 3 November 2022:
- In the confusion, Johnston manages another about-face and heads away to open the range, with its torpedoes spent.