branch out

Verb

branch out (third-person singular simple present branches out, present participle branching out, simple past and past participle branched out)

1. (intransitive) To expand in the manner of branches.
   • The chart starts in the center and branches out from there.
2. (idiomatic, intransitive) To expand one's interests or activities in a new direction.
   • 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.2008 October, Mark Jenkins, “Need surgery? Call a travel agent”, in Men's Health, volume 23, number 8, →ISSN, page 152
3. (obsolete) To white out or expand the whitespace around the title or other words, lines, etc. in a document.

   Synonyms:

   tillow