grow out
phrasal verb
grew out; grown out; growing out; grows out
: to allow (something) to get longer
She's growing out her hair.
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This encourages the jade plant to grow out instead of up.
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Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Dec. 2025
The works grew out of a series of semiabstract paintings and are intended to make visible the struggles of immigrants to the US.
—News Desk, Artforum, 4 Dec. 2025
Her politics grew out of puckish sass—a need to trouble the authority of her conservative parents—as much as out of an essential righteousness.
—Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025
The nonprofit, which grew out of the board-and-care home era, was founded in 1971.
—Linda Zavoral, Mercury News, 30 Nov. 2025
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Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Dec. 2025
The works grew out of a series of semiabstract paintings and are intended to make visible the struggles of immigrants to the US.
—News Desk, Artforum, 4 Dec. 2025
Her politics grew out of puckish sass—a need to trouble the authority of her conservative parents—as much as out of an essential righteousness.
—Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025
The nonprofit, which grew out of the board-and-care home era, was founded in 1971.
—Linda Zavoral, Mercury News, 30 Nov. 2025
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“Grow out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grow%20out. Accessed 6 Dec. 2025.
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