branch out into (doing) something• With the help of new technology it has now branched out into a franchiseoperation called Videopics.• Then I branched out into a new area.• Seems the firm is branching out intocutlery, of which Mrs Maslin is doing the designing, surprise, surprise.• Tupac Amaru, which at its peak numbered about 1,000 fighters, soon branched out into Mafiastyle crime.• Joe also branched out into other parts of the newspaper, particularly the Sunday book-review section.• The Journal has branched out into radio and television.• They starred in comic strips and branched out into radio.• He was talking about branching out into the ship-in-a-bottle business because Jonathon will make only ships.