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

They are keen to branch out because it might only take "an algorithm change to kick in" for their YouTube business models to be disrupted, Redfern said.

From BBC

Famous for fast fashion, the brand has branched out into selling a wide range of other products from toys and games to kitchenware.

From BBC

The charity has also branched out by now donating items like sleeping bags and tents and bed sheets.

From BBC

Perhaps inevitably, from 1973 to roughly 1983, they branched out as solo artists, making records that left little imprint on the public consciousness.

From Los Angeles Times

We’re in a writers’ room, we go down this path, it hits a dead end, we go down this path, that seems to branch out into something.

From Los Angeles Times