grow out

verb

grew out; grown out; growing out; grows out

transitive verb

: to allow to get longer
growing out her hair

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Founder Chau Nguyen said the idea grew out of his lifelong love of cars. Alexa Liacko, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026 The idea grew out of her nostalgia for childhood summers spent on her great-grandparents' farm. Scott Neuman, NPR, 20 Aug. 2026 My children grew out of the years when bedtime could bring me to the edge of tears. Kristin Vance Richards, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026 Director’s note A Vineyard for a Lobster grows out of my interest in how colonial structures continue to shape authority, belief and communal life in Uganda decades after independence. Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 16 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for grow out

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“Grow out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grow%20out. Accessed 22 Aug. 2026.

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