Meaning of branch out | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To expand in the manner of branches.
   intransitive
2. To expand one's interests or activities in a new direction.
   idiomatic, intransitive
3. To white out or expand the whitespace around the title or other words, lines, etc. in a document.
   obsolete

Equivalents

Examples

“The chart starts in the center and branches out from there.”

“Studying Latin may make it easier to branch out into Spanish or Italian.”

“Once relegated to facelifts and fat reduction, medical tourism has branched out into almost every kind of procedure, including bypass surgery, heart-valve replacement, angioplasty, knee reconstruction, and spinal fusion.”

“Here's the briefest history of rail freight. The railways are conceived for moving coal. They do well at that and immediately branch out into other freight. They do quite well at that, too - after all, compared with a horse and cart, they are a revelation.”

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