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fan out

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Verb1.fan out - move outward; "The soldiers fanned out"
diffuse, spread out, spread
spread, distribute - distribute or disperse widely; "The invaders spread their language all over the country"
percolate - spread gradually; "Light percolated into our house in the morning"
creep - grow or spread, often in such a way as to cover (a surface); "ivy crept over the walls of the university buildings"
bleed, run - be diffused; "These dyes and colors are guaranteed not to run"
mantle - spread over a surface, like a mantle
Translations
? fan out
vi (searchers etc) → ausschwärmen
vt sep feathers → fächerförmig aufstellen; cards → fächerförmig ausbreiten


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