Grammar fix
branch out
diversify (into new areas or activities)
to start doing something different from your usual work or activities, especially to expand into new areas or markets.
Hear it in context
Notice where the phrase sounds natural.
After years of selling only coffee, the company decided to branch out into baked goods.
In my opinion, it's important for companies to branch out into new markets if they want to stay competitive in today's global economy.
Fix the pattern
One small grammar move makes it sound right.
Not: She wants to branch out to freelance work.
Say: She wants to branch out into freelance work.
'Branch out INTO' a new area, not 'to'.
Which sounds natural?
Tap the one a native speaker would say.
'Branch out into' is the natural verb for moving into new areas; the formal paraphrase is corporate.
Build natural chunks
Words that usually travel with it.
branch out into
- into
- on your own
- new areas
- a bit