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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The ruling grew out of a lawsuit filed by teachers and parents in Escondido near San Diego, who said that their religious and parental rights were violated by a school district policy and subsequent state law meant to protect the privacy of transgender students. Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 4 Mar. 2026 Our group, Save the Inlet, was formed to protect the inlet from this mega-project and grows out the Friends of Bushwick Inlet Park, which has spent the last 20 years fighting to get the city to live up to its promises in the 2005 rezoning. Katherine Thompson, New York Daily News, 2 Mar. 2026 The program — which grew out of Flint two years ago and is funded with public and private dollars — is operating in 39 communities so far and is slated to reach more than 18,000 babies each year. Nushrat Rahman, Freep.com, 2 Mar. 2026 View gallery - 15 images Since launching the Stakeout as a base camp multitool in 2022, Gerber has been growing out the family with new tools and tweaks. New Atlas, 1 Mar. 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 7 Mar. 2026.

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