fan out

verb

fanned out; fanning out; fans out

: to spread apart or to cause (something) to spread apart

The police fanned out across the park in search of the suspect.

He fanned out his fingers.

Examples of fan out in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Every day, community health worker Gédéon Banga Ngbape and his team fan out across communities in eastern Congo looking for people who may have crossed paths with the country’s fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history. — ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026

Anson Boon, Ellie Bamber and Eddie Marsan will star in Halftime Hero, which is based on the remarkable true story of when soccer manager Harry Redknapp pulled a mouthy fan out of the stands to play in a professional match. — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 14 Aug. 2026

During the rally, Sturgis is transformed as motorcycles pack downtown streets and riders fan out across the Black Hills. — Teresa Mull, FOXNews.com, 8 Aug. 2026

Oyster mushrooms grow in a cluster of small fungal discs that each fan out at the end of a thick, white stem. — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 6 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for fan out

• about
• bailout
• blackout
• blowout
• breakout
• burnout
• buyout
• checkout
• closeout
• cutout
• devout
• dropout