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branch off
If a road or path branches off, it goes in another direction
• We drove down a narrow track that branched off from the main road., branch out
to start to do something different from what you usually do, especially in your job
• This designer has recently branched out into children's wear.
• After a couple of years working for other people, she branched out on her own (= started her own business)., branch off sth
to leave a main road by turning into a smaller road
• We branched off the main route and went through the countryside.
Cambridge-Phrasal Verbs
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noun part of a tree ADJ. top/topmost | low, overhanging Be careful of overhanging branches. | bare, dead the bare branches of a tree in winter part of a larger organization ADJ. central, high street, local, overseas, regional VERB + BRANCH establish, open, set up The store is opening more local branches. | close (down) BRANCH + NOUN chairman, manager, member, office, representative, secretaryBUSINESS
Oxford Collocations Dictionary