fan out
Related to fan out: Propagation delay
fan out
1. To spread out over a certain area. Fan out and search the entire neighborhood!
2. To spread something out. Fan out all the pages so that I can figure out what's missing.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
fan something out
to spread something out so that all parts can be seen better. (As one opens a wood and paper fan.) Todd fanned the cards out so we could see which ones he held. He fanned out the cards.
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fan out (from some place)
to spread outward from a particular area. The paths seem to fan out from the wide trail that starts at the house. The trails fanned out and soon we were all separated.
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fan out
Fig. to spread out over a wide area. The searchers fanned out, looking for the child lost in the woods. Let's fan out and search a wider area.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
fan out
v.
1. To move or project outward from a central source or point: The troops landed on the beachhead and fanned out.
2. To lay out or place something in a fanlike shape: I fanned the cards out on the table. They fanned out the photos on the desk so we could see them.
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.
- spread the word
- spread (one's) net wide
- flare
- flare out
- spread like wildfire
- spread like wildfire, to
- make (something) (out) of (someone or something)
- make of
- make something of