English
Verb
to spread out
- context|idiom|intransitive Become further apart.
#:The police spread out to search a wider area.
- context|idiom|transitive To place items further apart.
#:Spread the cards out and then turn two of them over at random.
Usage notes
In the transitive sense 2, the object may appear before or after the particle. If the object is a pronoun, then it must be before the particle.
Translations
Dutch: uitspreiden
Finnish: levitä, levittäytyä
Portuguese: espalhar
Category:English phrasal verbs
Category:English simple past forms
Category:English past participles
fr:spread out
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