bran Idiom

branch office

an office in another location or city Please contact our branch office in your town or city.

branch out

open a second office/store, expand a company Business is very good. It may be time for us to branch out.

brand new

absolutely new He was finally able to buy a brand-new car.

brand new/ brand spanking new

not used at all, just off the assembly line Imagine a brand new Mercedes in an accident. What a shame!

bran new

excellent, respectable [Scottish, Glasgow use]

brand X

see marijuana

hold out the olive branch

Idiom(s): hold out the olive branch

Theme: RECONCILIATION

to offer to end a dispute and be friendly; to offer reconciliation. (The olive branch is a symbol of peace and reconciliation. A biblical reference.)
• Jill was the first to hold out the olive branch after our argument.
• I always try to hold out the olive branch to someone I have hurt. Life is too short for a person to bear grudges for very long.

Olive branch

If you hold out or offer an olive branch, you make a gesture to indicate that you want peace.

branch off|branch

v. To go from something big or important to something smaller or less important; turn aside. At the bridge a little road branches off from the highway and follows the river. Martin was trying to study his lesson, but his mind kept branching off onto what girl he should ask to go with him to the dance.

branch out|branch

v. To add new interests or activities; begin doing other things also. First Jane collected stamps; then she branched out and collected coins, too. John started a television repair shop; when he did well, he branched out and began selling television sets too.

brand-new|bran-new|brand|new

adj. As new or fresh as when just made and sold by the manufacturer; showing no use or wear. He had taken a brand-new car from the dealer's floor and wrecked it. In Uncle Tom's trunk, we found a wedding ring, still in its little satin-lined box, still brand-new.

olive branch|branch|olive

n. phr. An overture; a symbol of peace. Tired of the constant fighting, the majority government extended an olive branch to the militant minority.

branch

branch
In addition to the idioms beginning with branch, also see olive branch; root and branch.
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- branch off
- branch out

branch off

branch off
Diverge, subdivide, as in It's the house on the left, just after the road branches off, or English and Dutch branched off from an older parent language, West Germanic. This term alludes to a tree's growth pattern, in which branches grow in separate directions from the main trunk. [Second half of 1800s] Also see branch out.

root and branch

root and branch
Utterly, completely, as in The company has been transformed root and branch by the new management. Alluding to both the underground and aboveground parts of a tree, this idiom was first recorded in 1640.

More Idioms/Phrases

roof roof over one's head, a rooftop room roost root root and branch root of the matter rope rose rose-colored

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