grow out
phrasal verb
grew out; grown out; growing out; grows out
: to allow (something) to get longer
She's growing out her hair.
Examples of grow out in a Sentence
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On one level, D-Day and NATO are inspiring bookends: the first, a nostalgic commemoration of the Allied victory over Nazi tyranny; the second, a 75th birthday party for the alliance that grew out of the ashes of World War II.
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Mark Landler, New York Times, 2 June 2024
The final image of a tree that grows out of Dementus’s crotch from a seed planted by Furiosa is another midnight-movie symbol that requires a narcotic hallucinogen for justification.
—Armond White, National Review, 24 May 2024
Though researchers have long known that ADHD is a lifespan disorder, for many years, it was thought that about half of those diagnosed with ADHD grow out of it by the end of childhood.
—Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 10 May 2024
These groups grew out of the complex circumstances that Iraq encountered while confronting terrorism.
—Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani, Foreign Affairs, 11 Apr. 2024
The North American Fair Trade Agreement was not formed within a post-war environment and has a more recent history, coming into effect in 1994, and growing out of the 1989 Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement.
—Tom Zirpoli, Baltimore Sun, 21 Feb. 2024
Hamas grew out of the Muslim Brotherhood, the Islamist movement that Mr. el-Sisi ousted from power in a 2013 coup.
—Thomas Fuller, New York Times, 30 May 2024
The book grew out of a series of Zoom conversations between the two of you, right?
—Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2024
This chemical imbalance idea partly grew out of trying to find changes in levels of these chemicals in the brain.
—Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 23 May 2024
Mark Landler, New York Times, 2 June 2024
The final image of a tree that grows out of Dementus’s crotch from a seed planted by Furiosa is another midnight-movie symbol that requires a narcotic hallucinogen for justification.
—Armond White, National Review, 24 May 2024
Though researchers have long known that ADHD is a lifespan disorder, for many years, it was thought that about half of those diagnosed with ADHD grow out of it by the end of childhood.
—Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 10 May 2024
These groups grew out of the complex circumstances that Iraq encountered while confronting terrorism.
—Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani, Foreign Affairs, 11 Apr. 2024
The North American Fair Trade Agreement was not formed within a post-war environment and has a more recent history, coming into effect in 1994, and growing out of the 1989 Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement.
—Tom Zirpoli, Baltimore Sun, 21 Feb. 2024
Hamas grew out of the Muslim Brotherhood, the Islamist movement that Mr. el-Sisi ousted from power in a 2013 coup.
—Thomas Fuller, New York Times, 30 May 2024
The book grew out of a series of Zoom conversations between the two of you, right?
—Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2024
This chemical imbalance idea partly grew out of trying to find changes in levels of these chemicals in the brain.
—Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 23 May 2024
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“Grow out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grow%20out. Accessed 16 Jun. 2024.
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