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

The Democratic Party’s shake-up of its calendar for early-state primaries has added to the intrigue as potential 2028 hopefuls fan out across the country to boost midterm candidates. — Praveena Somasundaram, Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2026

The Huskies have tried over the years to get into the bright lights of college football, not LSU/Georgia/Notre Dame bright lights, but bright enough to bring fans out in full force. — Eric Womack, Hartford Courant, 18 Oct. 2026

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

Rhymes for fan out

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