grow out of

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grow out of

verb grows out of · growing out of · grew out of · 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.

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@misc{grow_out_of_2026,
  title = {grow out of},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/grow%20out%20of},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}