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grow out

grow out verb: to allow (something, often hair) to grow unimpeded.

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To allow (something, often hair) to grow unimpeded.

Forms of grow out

third-person singular presentgrows out
present participlegrowing out
pastgrew out
past participlegrown out

Questions about grow out

What does grow out mean?
Grow out means to allow (something, often hair) to grow unimpeded.
What part of speech is grow out?
Grow out is a verb.
What is the past tense of grow out?
The past tense of grow out is grew out.

Words near grow out in the dictionary

  1. grow on
  2. grow op
  3. grow operation
  4. grow operations
  5. grow ops
  6. grow out
  7. grow out of
  8. grow room
  9. grow rooms
  10. grow some balls
  11. grow some skin

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