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growing out of

growing out of is the past participle 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 growing out of

What is growing out of the past participle of?
Growing out of is the past participle of grow out of.

Words near growing out of in the dictionary

  1. growing moon
  2. growing moons
  3. growing of the moon
  4. growing on
  5. growing out
  6. growing out of
  7. growing pains
  8. growing season
  9. growing seasons
  10. growing some balls
  11. growing teratoma syndrome

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