What does spread out mean?

The phrasal verb spread out means “move apart, distribute, expand, or grow so as to cover a larger area or period of time.”

Spread out in a sentence examples
He took the toys out of the box and spread them out on the floor.

The roots of these plants will spread out very quickly.

Instead of having workshops every day, we could spread them out over five weeks.

When using “spread out” in different tenses, remember that the past tense of spread is also “spread,” not “spreaded” (so the simple past tense and past participle forms of “spread out” are both “spread out”).

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