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grow out of

grow out of verb: to emerge from (something); to take a particular shape as a result of (something); to come to exist from (an origin).

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

Forms of grow out of

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

Questions about grow out of

What does grow out of mean?
Grow out of means to emerge from (something); to take a particular shape as a result of (something); to come to exist from (an origin).
What part of speech is grow out of?
Grow out of is a verb.
What is the past tense of grow out of?
The past tense of grow out of is grew out of.

Words near grow out of in the dictionary

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

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