fan out

— Phrasal Verb with fan

/fæn/ verb [T] (present participle fanning, past tense and past participle fanned)

Definition

› If a group of people fan out, they move out in different directions from a single point.

(Definition of fan out from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to do something that spoils someone's plans

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