fan out
phrasal 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.
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Military rescue teams fanned out across the region, the defence ministry said in a statement, with 40 flights carrying away 420 wounded and dead.
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Mohammad Yunus Yawar, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2025
Youth split up into groups and fan out to the different gardens, weeding, watering, planting and harvesting the vegetables.
—La Risa R. Lynch, jsonline.com, 29 Aug. 2025
And such a high-profile fan out was only awesome for Big Publishing.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
This design allows the appendages to fan out underwater, so they can be used like an oar.
—New Atlas, 25 Aug. 2025
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Mohammad Yunus Yawar, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2025
Youth split up into groups and fan out to the different gardens, weeding, watering, planting and harvesting the vegetables.
—La Risa R. Lynch, jsonline.com, 29 Aug. 2025
And such a high-profile fan out was only awesome for Big Publishing.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
This design allows the appendages to fan out underwater, so they can be used like an oar.
—New Atlas, 25 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for fan out
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“Fan out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fan%20out. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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