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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The agency also warned fires can grow out of control even if winds are not strong.
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Antonio Pequeño Iv, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
Mistakes like this, more so than the fourth-down attempts that fail, are ones that Campbell simply needs to grow out of.
—Colton Pouncy, The Athletic, 19 Jan. 2025
In a 2018 interview with the University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg School of Communication, Dolan explained that the concept for HBO grew out of a more limited service that Dolan’s company assembled to distribute movies to high-end New York hotels.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 29 Dec. 2024
His perspective also grew out of experience, a fluency with death that came from seeing many of his closest family members, including all of his younger siblings, die before him.
—Rick Rojas, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2024
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Antonio Pequeño Iv, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
Mistakes like this, more so than the fourth-down attempts that fail, are ones that Campbell simply needs to grow out of.
—Colton Pouncy, The Athletic, 19 Jan. 2025
In a 2018 interview with the University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg School of Communication, Dolan explained that the concept for HBO grew out of a more limited service that Dolan’s company assembled to distribute movies to high-end New York hotels.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 29 Dec. 2024
His perspective also grew out of experience, a fluency with death that came from seeing many of his closest family members, including all of his younger siblings, die before him.
—Rick Rojas, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2024
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“Grow out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grow%20out. Accessed 28 Jan. 2025.
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