If a group of people or things ~, they move forwards away from a particular point in different directions.
The main body of British, American, and French troops had fanned out to the west...
= spread out
PHRASAL VERB: V P
If a group of people or things ~, they move forwards away from a particular point in different directions.
The main body of British, American, and French troops had fanned out to the west...
= spread out
PHRASAL VERB: V P
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