branching 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.
3. (obsolete) To white out or expand the whitespace around the title or other words, lines, etc. in a document.

   Synonyms:

   tillow