open the range
verb1
Government, Military, Politics, War 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.
- In the confusion, Johnston manages another about-face and heads away to open the range, with its torpedoes spent.2019 February 27, Drachinifel, 18:40 from the start, in The Battle of Samar - Odds? What are those?, archived from the original on 03 Nov 2022:
- Antonyms
- close the range
- Related terms
- striking range