Draw out
Draw out verb - To make longer.
Open
Open verb - To change from a closed to an open position.
Both terms in one sentence
- In Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, the Empire tries much the same strategy as the above 1984 example, staging a revolution to draw out dissidents into the open.
Source: Staged Populist Uprising - A German sniper purposely shoots and incapacitates an American soldier, hoping that it will draw out other soldiers into the open in an attempt to help the downed man.
Source: No One Gets Left Behind - This trope is also, amusingly, inverted at one point during his Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor playthrough, where Brad is unaware that, to draw out a miniboss, he needs to defeat Mooks in open combat, and instead keeps stealthily picking them off one by one.
Source: Lets Play / The Rad Brad
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