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Branch out meaning

Branch out is a phrasal verb with 3 meanings. One of them is to start doing something unlike your usual activity, particularly in your career.

Past simple
branched out
Past participle
branched out
-ing form
branching out

What branch out means

begin different activityB2

To start doing something unlike your usual activity, particularly in your career

The photographer branched out into documentary film.

2 more meanings of branch out are in the Retite app, each with an example and a translation into your language.

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Similar phrasal verbs

With out: go out, find out, sort out, run out, take out, get out, hand out, check out, look out, ask out.

Common questions

What does branch out mean?

It has 3 meanings. One of them is to start doing something unlike your usual activity, particularly in your career. The other 2, each with an example and a translation into your language, are in the Retite app.

What is the past tense of branch out?

Branched out, which is also its past participle.

Meanings and examples are written by Retite. The meanings follow Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0). Levels are based on the CEFR-J Wordlist and set by Retite.

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