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grew out of

grew out of is the simple past of grow out of.

Meaning of grow out of

Verb

grow out of (third-person singular simple present grows out of, present participle growing out of, simple past grew out of, past participle grown out of)

  1. To emerge from (something); to take a particular shape as a result of (something); to come to exist from (an origin).
  2. (idiomatic) To become too physically large for something, especially clothes.
    • I give my old clothes to charity when I've grown out of them.
  3. (broadly, idiomatic) To become too mature for something.
    • Still, I see you mean well enough, and are merely suffering from the debilitating cheerfulness of youth. You will soon grow out of that.2002, House of the Seven Gables - Page 37

Questions about grew out of

What is grew out of the simple past of?
Grew out of is the simple past of grow out of.

Words near grew out of in the dictionary

  1. grew cold
  2. grew into
  3. grew like a weed
  4. grew on
  5. grew out
  6. grew out of
  7. grew some balls
  8. grew up
  9. Grewal
  10. Grewals
  11. Grewe

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