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

Recent Examples on the Web

Simi said his son, who’s now 26, grew out of that phase. —Laura Yuen, Mercury News, 24 Sep. 2025

Perhaps tearing originally grew out of a physiological reflex that restored moisture to the eyes and nasal passages after they had been dried out by the pressure of wincing or the hyperventilation of arousal. —Big Think, 23 Sep. 2025

Binoculars in hand, dedicated fire spotters scanned the landscape for smoke and radioed firefighters before flames grew out of control. —Paul Rogers, Boston Herald, 23 Sep. 2025

Her site, which grew out of a blog about motherhood and home décor, had become perhaps the most popular chronicler of Kennedy’s rise, offering half a million Substack followers an inside look at the Secretary’s new life in the upper echelons of the American right. —Clare Malone, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025

Rhymes for grow out

• about
• bailout
• blackout
• blowout
• breakout
• burnout
• buyout
• checkout
• closeout
• cutout
• devout
• dropout