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

What was a storefront barbecue stand with a handful of items was transformed when Russ Fiorella’s oldest son, Jack Fiorella, branched off to start Fiorella’s Jack Stack of Martin City. — Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 30 July 2026

The now extinct lineage branched off after medieval European strains but before those that gave rise to modern smallpox. — Sam MacDonald, Scientific American, 30 July 2026

Smaller faults branch off or join the San Andreas Fault, including the San Jacinto Fault in Southern California. — New Atlas, 28 June 2026

For those of you with high clearance vehicles, a four-wheel-drive road branches off toward Echo Park Campground, a secluded riverside site that’s only accessible when the road is dry. — Jamie Siebrase, Denver Post, 26 June 2026

Rhymes for branch off

• ashraf
• checkoff
• cutoff
• falloff
• handoff
• kickoff
• layoff
• liftoff
• markoff
• markov
• payoff
• playoff