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.

Examples of fan out in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The dress gathered at Sweeney's hip with a red detail before fanning out into a small train. —Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025

The show features flamethrowers, multi-colored fountains and lasers synchronized to inspiring scenes beamed onto a 36-storey hotel and three screens formed from fountains which fan out into a fine mist. —Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025

Military rescue teams fanned out across the region, the defence ministry said in a statement, with 40 flights carrying away 420 wounded and dead. —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

Rhymes for fan out

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