Synonyms

branch off

Idioms

Diverge, subdivide, as in It's the house on the left, just after the road branches off, or English and Dutch branched off from an older parent language, West Germanic. This term alludes to a tree's growth pattern, in which branches grow in separate directions from the main trunk. [Second half of 1800s] Also see branch out.

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branch off

If that is correct, Keeunamorphia could represent one of the earliest marsupial orders to branch off from the main lineage.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 19, 2026

Various residential streets branch off on either side.

From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026

In 1989, Hogan tried to branch off into movies, produced by McMahon.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2025

If you were a TV actor, you didn't branch off and do film.

From Salon ● Dec. 5, 2023

She thought she could go into the woods and cut a branch off a tree, probably, but hadn’t yet.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack

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