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branch off

To split or move away from something. Don't worry, you can stay on Main Street for now—the street you need to turn on to branches off of Main Street. The subclavian artery branches off from the aorta.
See also: branch, off
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

branch off (from something)

to separate off from something; to divide away from something. A small stream branched off from the main channel. An irrigation ditch branched off here and there.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

branch off

Diverge, subdivide, as in It's the house on the left, just after the road branches off, or English and Dutch branched off from an older parent language, West Germanic. This term alludes to a tree's growth pattern, in which branches grow in separate directions from the main trunk. [Second half of 1800s] Also see branch out.
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

branch off

v.
1. To separate from a main road or path and follow a smaller one: Take a left where the main trail branches off onto a footpath.
2. To separate from a primary source or origin and move or develop in a different direction: After we discovered a new species of insect, some members of our research team branched off and are studying it. A new political group has branched off from the old party.
See also: branch, off
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • main
  • go straight
  • go straight, to
  • by main force
  • (one's)/the main squeeze
  • be (one's)/the main squeeze
  • someone's main squeeze
  • drain the main vein
  • get clean away
  • divert
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