branch off

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 + from

Streets branch off from both sides of the highway.

Examples of branch off in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The discovery of Gloeobacteria, a group of photosynthetic bacteria that branched off from other cyanobacteria over 2 billion years ago, changed this. —Quanta Magazine, 10 June 2026

The indoor streetscape branches off into rooms designed to look like the Oval Office, a New York bodega, a jail cell and a broadcast news studio. —Olivia Wakim, AJC.com, 6 June 2026

There are three standalone villas with central living rooms and guest rooms that branch off of different hallways. —Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026

When company co-founders Vincent Maraval and Brahim Chioua branched off to set up their new company Goodfellas in 2023, Loach and O’Brien followed. —Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 7 May 2026

Rhymes for branch off

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