branch out

verb

1. to expand or extend one's interests

   our business has branched out into computers now

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.

Example Sentences

For high school, she decided to branch out even further, making the trek to an all-girls Catholic school in La Cañada Flintridge.

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In fact, both Microsoft and Oracle branched out from their roots.

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They have expanded their delivery service and branched out to providing Sunday lunches and children's meals.

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We were all of a sudden branching out — I didn’t even have an agent for those first two pictures.

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“You kind of narrow it down to resources – who has the staff – and then you kind of branch out. There are some offices that are too small, that are overrun with cases.”

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