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open order

(Military) Military a formation that allows additional space between the ranks of a guard or inspected unit to allow the inspecting officer to pass

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open order - a military formation leaving enough space between ranks to allow an inspecting officer to pass

armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"

military formation - a formation of troops

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So they go on; Deputy, as a rear rank one, taking open order, and invading the silence of the hour and place by stoning every wall, post, pillar, and other inanimate object, by the deserted way.

The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Dickens, Charles View in context

Therefore the Mavericks lay down in open order on the brow of a hill to watch the play till their call should come.

The Mutiny of the Mavericks by Kipling, Rudyard View in context

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