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fan out
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fan out
aberrate, bestrew, branch, branch out, broadcast, circumfuse, deal out, deploy, diffract, diffuse, dispense, disperse, dispread, disseminate, distribute, divaricate, diverge, divide, expand, extend, fan, flare, go away, go off, issue, open, open up, outspread, outstretch, overgrow, overrun, overscatter, oversow, overspread, propagate, publish, radiate, ramify, retail, scatter, separate, sow, sow broadcast, splay, spraddle, sprangle, sprawl, spread, spread like wildfire, spread out, strew, unfold, utter, widenROGET THESAURUS
fan out
Impulse
VB flash on the mind, say what comes uppermost, improvise, extemporize, give an impetus, impel, push, start, give a start to, set going, drive, urge, boom, thrust, prod, foin, cant, elbow, shoulder, jostle, justle, hustle, hurtle, shove, jog, jolt, encounter, run against, bump against, butt against, knock one's head against, run one's head against, impinge, boost, bunt, carom, clip y, fan, fan out, jab, plug, strike, knock, hit, tap, rap, slap, flap, dab, pat, thump, beat, blow, bang, slam, dash, punch, thwack, whack, hit hard, strike hard, swap, batter, dowse, baste, pelt, patter, buffet, belabor, fetch one a blow, poke at, pink, lunge, yerk, kick, calcitrate, butt, strike at, whip, come into a collision, enter into collision, collide, sideswipe, foul, fall foul of, run foul of, telescope, throw.For further exploring for "fan out" in Webster Dictionary Online