to spread over a wide area.

The police fanned out across the park.

Etymology: based on the literal meaning of fan (= a device you open and wave in front of you to cool yourself)

• carry weight
• cart away
• cart before the horse
• cart off
• cart someone away
• cart someone off
• cart something away
• carve out
• carve out something
• carve up
• carve up something
• case in point
• cash cow
• cash in
• cash in chips
• cash in on
• cash in on something
• cash in your chips
• cash on the barrelhead
• cash out
• cash out something
• cast about
• cast about for
• cast about for something
• cast an eye over