How can I open up the parent window from a Bootstrap modal?

Here's what I've got:


You enter some search criteria, you get this window and we're looking good!

What I want to do, however, is alluding me.

I want my user to click on the "Basic Setup" result and have that page open up in the "parent" window rather than a new page entirely.

How?

Here's the modal box and the JQuery that's facilitating the form:

<script>
   $('#searchBox').click(function(event) {
      event.preventDefault();
      
      var out = {
         'searchCriteria': $('#search_criteria').val()
      };
      $.post('search.php', out, 
      function(data) {         
      $('.modal-body').html(data);
         $(searchBoxModal).modal('show');
      });
      
   });
</script>

<div class="modal fade in" id="searchBoxModal" role="dialog" aria-labelledby="searchBoxTitle" aria-hidden="true">
  <div class="modal-dialog modal-dialog-centered" role="document">
   <div class="modal-content">
     <div class="modal-header">
      <h5 class="modal-title" id="searchBoxLongTitle">Search Results...</h5>
      <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-label="Close">
        <span aria-hidden="true">&times;</span>
      </button>
     </div>
     <div class="modal-body">
      
     </div>
     <div class="modal-footer">
      <button type="button" class="btn btn-secondary" data-dismiss="modal">Close</button>
     </div>
   </div>
  </div>
</div>   

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This is the HTML being passed back into the modal after a successful search:

<div class="row">
   <div class="col-xs-12" style="border:1px solid #ccc; box-shadow:5px 5px 3px #ccc; border-radius:10pt; padding:10px; width:85%; margin:auto;">
      <table class="table">
      <?php   
      $search = trim($_POST['searchCriteria']);
      $querystate = "SELECT * from pages where body LIKE '%$search%' order by page_name";
      $resultstate = mysqli_query($cxn, $querystate)
      or die ("Couldn't execute query.");
      while ($row=mysqli_fetch_assoc($resultstate))
      {
      ?>
         <tr>
            <td style="width:75%;"><a href="../page.php?ID=<?php echo $row['id'];?>" target="_blank"><?php echo stripslashes($row['page_name']);?></a></td>
            <td style="text-align:center; width:">
               <div style="background-color:#ccc; border-radius:15px; margin:auto; width:82px; padding:5px; height:27px; border:1px solid #b7b6b6; box-shadow:3px 3px 1px #818080;">
                  <div style="border-radius:10px; margin:auto; text-align:center; width:72px; height:20px; margin-top:-2px; margin-left:-1px; background-color:#fff; 
                  box-shadow:2px 2px 1px #606060 inset;">
                     <A HREF="page_display.php?ID=<?php echo $row['id']; ?>&Edit=Yes" style="font-size:10pt; text-decoration:none; color:#000; font-weight:bold;" >edit</a>
                  </div>
               </div>
            </td>
            <td style="text-align:center;">
               <div style="background-color:#ccc; border-radius:15px; margin:auto; width:82px; padding:5px; height:27px; border:1px solid #b7b6b6; box-shadow:3px 3px 1px #818080;">
                  <div style="border-radius:10px; margin:auto; text-align:center; width:72px; height:20px; margin-top:-2px; margin-left:-1px; background-color:#fff; 
                  box-shadow:2px 2px 1px #606060 inset;">
                     <A HREF="page_display.php?ID=<?php echo $row['id']; ?>&Edit=No" style="font-size:10pt; text-decoration:none; color:#000; font-weight:bold;" >delete</a>
                  </div>
               </div>
            </td>
         </tr>
      <?php 
      }
      ?>
      </table>
   </div>
</div>

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How do I code things in such a way where the user would click on a search result and the new page will open up in the parent window?