branch off
phrasal verb
branched off; branching off; branches off
: to separate from something and move in a different direction
The stream branched off to the left.
—often + fromStreets branch off from both sides of the highway.
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Love Island is a multi-headed hydra, a steamy reality dating franchise that originated in the United Kingdom before branching off into more than 20 other countries.
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Randall Colburn, EW.com, 3 June 2025
Specifically, in what’s known as a founder effect, a small subset of the surviving population branched off to form its own colony, increasing the segregation of fall-spawning and spring-spawning sturgeon.
—Benjamin Cassidy, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 May 2025
Liv Morgan, one-half of the reigning WWE Women's Tag Team Champions, is set to step away from the squared circle for a while period to branch off into a new venture.
—Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025
In the upper part of the house is the long hall, like the stem of a weed whose little fruits are the several nice rooms that branch off from it.
—Diane Williams, Harper's Magazine, 2 Sep. 2024
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Randall Colburn, EW.com, 3 June 2025
Specifically, in what’s known as a founder effect, a small subset of the surviving population branched off to form its own colony, increasing the segregation of fall-spawning and spring-spawning sturgeon.
—Benjamin Cassidy, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 May 2025
Liv Morgan, one-half of the reigning WWE Women's Tag Team Champions, is set to step away from the squared circle for a while period to branch off into a new venture.
—Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025
In the upper part of the house is the long hall, like the stem of a weed whose little fruits are the several nice rooms that branch off from it.
—Diane Williams, Harper's Magazine, 2 Sep. 2024
See All Example Sentences for branch off
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“Branch off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/branch%20off. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.
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