branching out
Trying new directions
Branching out is expanding beyond established limits or familiar territory.
A business branches out into new markets; a person branches out from their usual social circle or routine.
The image is of a tree sending limbs in new directions: After years in finance, she's branching out into consulting.
The phrase suggests growth through diversification rather than abandonment of the core.
- diversifyExpand into new areas
- evolveChange gradually over time
- spreading wingsExtending flight appendages
- tributariesStreams joining larger rivers
- tendrilsSlender coiling growths
divergence · bifurcation · ramification · venturing · broaden · extend · offshoots · family tree · expansion · exploration · uncharted territory · breaking new ground · arborescent · spread · networking · sprouting · reaching · dendrite
- growthgrowth, grow, growing, growth rate, increase
- taking leapsrisking, daring, gambling, taking chances, taking risks
- Business Growthacquisition, merger, franchising, market entry, new markets
branching outcontracting
Reducing in volume
pulling back · scaling back · downsizing · shrinking · consolidating
branching outstaying put
Remaining in place
standing pat · staying in one's lane · standing still · digging in · stagnating
branching outspecializing
Focusing on one domain
focusing · honing in · concentrating · zeroing in · doubling down
branch, branched, branches, branching, branchless, branchlike, unbranched, branchlet, branch out