branch out

verb

intr, adverboften foll byinto to expand or extend one's interests
our business has branched out into computers now

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Idioms and Phrases

Separate into subdivisions; strike off in a new direction. For example, Our software business is branching out into more interactive products , or Bill doesn't want to concentrate on just one field; he wants to branch out more . This term alludes to the growth habits of a tree's limbs. [Early 1700s] Also see branch off .

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If you want to branch out, their other flavors are banging and just as unique: the fennel tarragon crème honey, for instance, is a game-changer on a cheese board.

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But you can also branch out with cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, or cardamom to give your glaze a slightly more modern edge.

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When I first started, I was involved in an Asian American theater company that branched out from the college theater company.

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Pompeo said she felt pressure to prove she could branch out from the character she had become synonymous with and that, like her, the creatives of “Good American Family” took a risk.

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She hopes that in the next six months they can branch out more, to period dramas or old Westerns or stories featuring plus-sized women.

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