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

Petraske’s protégés fanned out across New York and then the country, opening outstanding bars from Chicago to Dallas to Los Angeles. — Robb Report, 9 Oct. 2026

There, 54 clusters of stone columns more than 6,000 years old point and fan out in every direction, like prehistoric missiles aimed at the sky. — Taylor Luck, Christian Science Monitor, 7 Oct. 2026

National outlets picked up on these local stories, and news of these bans then fanned out through social media on platforms like X, reaching millions. — Naveen Basavaraj, The Conversation, 5 Oct. 2026

The Liberty had no issues taking the fans out of the game in the postseason opening 91-75 win over the Minnesota Lynx at Target Center. — Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 3 Oct. 2026

Rhymes for fan out

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