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 + from

Streets branch off from both sides of the highway.

Examples of branch off in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Charlie’s roiling interiority is a more engaging long-term through-line for Poker Face than her repetitive fleeing from either the police or the Five Families, and that emotional angle bestows a strong core the series’ goofy stuff can branch off of. —Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 7 May 2025

Lovato appeared in a number of Disney Channel projects before branching off on their own as a pop singer. —Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 19 Mar. 2025

Their analyses revealed the green Sahara individuals likely branched off from the ancestors of sub-Saharan Africans roughly 50,000 years ago. —Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Apr. 2025

The image, captured in late January, features the Wind River Range, which branches off from the Rockies to the southeast and stretches between the Wind River and Green River basins. —Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2025

Rhymes for branch off

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