branch off ( branching, branched, branches )

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  PHRASAL VERB A road or path that branches off from another one starts from it and goes in a slightly different direction. If you branch off somewhere, you change the direction in which you are going. 岔开

  例：

  After a few miles, a small road branched off to the right.

  过了几英里后,一条小路向右岔开了。