grow out

verb

grew out; grown out; growing out; grows out

transitive verb

: to allow to get longer

growing out her hair

Examples of grow out in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The 10-song Burned follows 2021’s New Fragility and grew out of a turbulent stretch for Ounsworth, marked by the end of a relationship and the successive losses of his mother, uncle and a close friend. — Spin Staff, SPIN, 21 Oct. 2026

Thor Motor Coach rapidly grew out its lineup of camper vans while the Class B segment was running white hot through much of the 2020s. — New Atlas, 21 Oct. 2026

The documentary, which had its world premiere in the Feature Documentary Competition at Egypt’s El Gouna Film Festival, grew out of Mustapha’s curiosity about this particular group of men and questions about his own understanding of masculinity. — Essie Assibu, Variety, 20 Oct. 2026

Gray Swan grew out of AI safety research at Carnegie Mellon University. — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1956, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for grow out

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