to branch out
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4.0
- phrasal verb
- /brænʧ aʊt/
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incursionar en
- The company decided to branch out by expanding its product line to include eco-friendly options.
- branch out into new
- branched out into new directions
- branch out into other
And then it branches out from there to art, gender, and elsewhere.
- And then it branches out from there to art, gender, and elsewhere.
- And then recently I've started feeling like branching out and being a little more sophisticated, a little more on trend.
- And so unfortunately I didn't, I wasn't able to branch out and build all these relationships here at home because I was always out.
- And, you know, eventually I just started kind of branching out and I, I made like one or two tracks and I was like, eh, you know, it's kind of cool.
- and then you kind of branch out into the things that make sense for your specialty, whether it be under presidential orders or whether it be under, you know,
- But also that you can't branch out into new friendship groups or interest groups without the old, without the old narcissistic friends permission without them coming along.
Examples
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Genres I've branched out into include novels, short stories, and essays.
Academic text (2010) -
And then recently I've started feeling like branching out and being a little more sophisticated, a little more on trend.
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And now these two will branch out a little bit more.
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We need to branch out.
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We should just branch out.
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And after a while, we can branch out.
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But I'm trying to branch out and do different things.
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Others used the opportunity to branch out into new youth audiences.
Academic text (2004) -
"Good for you," she said, as if he had finally begun to branch out.
Fiction book (1995) -
However, where earlier generations stayed mostly on Broadway, he has branched out.
Academic text (2006)
Synonyms
92
3.9
To make or become wider and include more things
63
5.3
To add different kinds of products or activities to reduce risk
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3.7
To learn new things and try new experiences
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4.2
To start living on your own and try new things
Antonyms
How Broad
Surface Forms
Morphology
The sense 'to start doing something new or different' is a metaphorical extension of 'branch' (to split/diverge) combined with 'out' (outward), so the idea of diverging into new areas is reasonably derivable from the parts. However, this requires a figurative mapping from physical branching to business/activities and is not purely literal, so learners may need some inference or exposure.
Etymology
The phrasal verb branch out may come from the image of a tree: the trunk grows new branches that spread out into new areas. So when someone branches out, they 'start doing something new or different'.