fan out

phrasal verb

fanned out; fanning out; fans out

: to spread apart or to cause (something) to spread apart

The police fanned out across the park in search of the suspect.

He fanned out his fingers.

Examples of fan out in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The president established the White House's Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, to lead the efforts to shrink the government, and workers for the task force has fanned out across federal agencies. —Kristin Brown, CBS News, 4 Mar. 2025

On Sunday, the Associated Press reported that about 150 volunteers fanned out in response to rumors of ICE operations. —Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 28 Feb. 2025

Road crews are fanning out across the state to fill potholes that formed during our recent snowstorm and surges of rain. —Adam Tamburin, Axios, 25 Feb. 2025

More:Trump, Musk escalate purge as thousands fired across federal workforce The clash came as Musk's team of DOGE employees has fanned out across federal governments in a push to drastically cut federal spending and gut the federal bureaucracy. —Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2025

Rhymes for fan out

• about
• bailout
• blackout
• blowout
• breakout
• burnout
• buyout
• checkout
• closeout
• cutout
• devout
• dropout