branch out
Try new things
Branch out means to expand beyond current limits or familiar territory.
A business branches out when it enters new markets; a person branches out by trying new activities or interests: She branched out from painting into sculpture.
The image is of a tree extending new limbs from its trunk.
expand
Increase in size
- exploreTravel to discover
- ventureRisky new undertaking
- experimentSystematic investigation procedure
diversify · spread wings · extend · develop · grow · evolve · adapt · pivot · shift · vary
- motion idiomsin motion, on the move, on the go, move forward, move along
- expansionexpand, spread, broaden, widen, extend
- growthgrowth, grow, growing, growth rate, increase
- gardening termsgrowing, blooming, wilting, pruning, grafting
- farm idiomsmake hay while the sun shines, cream of the crop, put the cart before the horse, till the cows come home, buy the farm
- Weather Idiomsunder the weather, when it rains it pours, come rain or shine, rain check, take a rain check
branch outspecialize
Focus on particular field
narrow down · focus · concentrate · zero in · hone in
branch outstay put
Remain in place
hold steady · play it safe · stagnate · stay the course · dig in
branch outconsolidate
Unite separate things
streamline · pare down · cut back · retrench · downsize
branch, branched, branches, branching, branchless, branchlike, unbranched, branchlet, subbranch