splay out

1. To spread out or apart. He sat down and splayed down on the sofa, leaving no room for anyone else. The petals of the flower began splaying out as the first sunlight of the day fell upon them.

2. To spread or cause something to spread out or apart. I held my hands in front of me and splayed out my fingers to show that I hadn't taken the ring. The dog rolled over and splayed its legs out, expecting its owner to rub its belly.

splay out

to spread out; to extend out at an angle. His feet splayed out so much that it was hard to see how he could stand up. The legs of the table splayed out and gave it sturdy support.

See also: out

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

See also:

come a gutser
be down to (one)
be down to somebody/something
be down to something
be down to (do something)
come down in buckets
bounce up and down
close down
close down and shut down
come a cropper

References in periodicals archive

The shape lends itself to flowers displayed this way as the stems have room to splay out, giving you a fuller-looking bouquet.

flowers: Bowled over by dazzlingly different displays; Fishbowl vase is most versatile shape for designer arrangements

The women wear "hoop shorts" which splay out at the hem into a stiff, wire circle.

Lines Contemporary Ballet

The drawing is "awkward": his feet splay out unnaturally to the side; his arms terminate in what amounts to a jagged shorthand for hands; he might or might not have a wandering eye.

Jenny Watson

Columns are of steel plate cut to a silhouette of outstretched palms; each end of the footbridge is supported on pairs of smaller silhouetted columns which splay out to frame the north school entrance.

Sinuous link: A new pedestrian bridge elegantly and economically links two halves of a school across a busy road. (Design Review)

It is impossible from this vantage to appreciate the irregular trapezoidal geometry of the building, and to see how the side walls splay out and away from the rectangular to follow the boundary lines of the site.

Inner sanctuary

词组	splay out
释义	splay out splay out 1. To spread out or apart. He sat down and splayed down on the sofa, leaving no room for anyone else. The petals of the flower began splaying out as the first sunlight of the day fell upon them. 2. To spread or cause something to spread out or apart. I held my hands in front of me and splayed out my fingers to show that I hadn't taken the ring. The dog rolled over and splayed its legs out, expecting its owner to rub its belly. See also: out Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. splay out to spread out; to extend out at an angle. His feet splayed out so much that it was hard to see how he could stand up. The legs of the table splayed out and gave it sturdy support. See also: out McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. See also: come a gutser be down to (one) be down to somebody/something be down to something be down to (do something) come down in buckets bounce up and down close down close down and shut down come a cropper References in periodicals archive The shape lends itself to flowers displayed this way as the stems have room to splay out, giving you a fuller-looking bouquet. flowers: Bowled over by dazzlingly different displays; Fishbowl vase is most versatile shape for designer arrangements The women wear "hoop shorts" which splay out at the hem into a stiff, wire circle. Lines Contemporary Ballet The drawing is "awkward": his feet splay out unnaturally to the side; his arms terminate in what amounts to a jagged shorthand for hands; he might or might not have a wandering eye. Jenny Watson Columns are of steel plate cut to a silhouette of outstretched palms; each end of the footbridge is supported on pairs of smaller silhouetted columns which splay out to frame the north school entrance. Sinuous link: A new pedestrian bridge elegantly and economically links two halves of a school across a busy road. (Design Review) It is impossible from this vantage to appreciate the irregular trapezoidal geometry of the building, and to see how the side walls splay out and away from the rectangular to follow the boundary lines of the site. Inner sanctuary
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