branch off
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branch off (third-person singular simple present branches off, present participle branching off, simple past and past participle branched off)
- (idiomatic, intransitive, of a path or route) To diverge into two or more separate paths.
- To separate from a main path or route.
- (of a conversation) To divert from the main topic of conversation.