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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According to Rouse, the album grew out of observations gathered while traveling, with its songs populated by drifters, dreamers and fleeting encounters that blur the line between fiction and autobiography. Spin Staff, SPIN, 4 Aug. 2026 New England governments tended to support Congregationalist churches, which grew out of Puritan traditions, while many Southern colonies supported the Church of England. Thomas Adam, The Conversation, 4 Aug. 2026 The breadth of the gift grew out of several conversations with the JMKAC team, including executive director Amy Horst and chief curator Jodi Throckmorton. Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 3 Aug. 2026 The singer-songwriter reflected on the difficult period — and the love that grew out of it — in a 2022 PEOPLE cover story. Ilana Kaplan, PEOPLE, 30 July 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 8 Aug. 2026.

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