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  • 1spread out — index compound, disperse (disseminate), expand, far reaching, open (unclosed), prolix Burton s …

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  • 2spread-out — index extensive Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 3spread out — verb 1. move outward (Freq. 6) The soldiers fanned out • Syn: ↑diffuse, ↑spread, ↑fan out • Derivationally related forms: ↑spread (for: ↑ …

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  • 4spread out — phrasal verb Word forms spread out : present tense I/you/we/they spread out he/she/it spreads out present participle spreading out past tense spread out past participle spread out 1) [intransitive] if people in a group spread out, they move away… …

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  • 5spread out — I ADJ GRADED: usu v link ADJ If people or things are spread out, they are a long way apart. The Kurds are spread out across five nations. II 1) PHRASAL VERB If people, animals, or vehicles spread out, they move apart from each other. [V P] Felix… …

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  • 6spread out — verb a) Become further apart. The police spread out to search a wider area. b) To place items further apart. Spread the cards out and then turn two of them over at random …

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  • 7spread-out — adjective especially spread in a fan shape (Freq. 2) the peacock s fanned tail the spread out cards • Syn: ↑fanned • Similar to: ↑distributed …

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  • 8spread out — phr verb Spread out is used with these nouns as the object: ↑blanket, ↑map, ↑net …

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  • 9spread out — lie down with your arms and legs apart    When you spread out on the sofa, there s no room for me …

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  • 10ˌspread ˈout — phrasal verb if people in a group spread out, they move away from one another so that they cover a large area …

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