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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For you, good films grow out of the relationships with the auteur. —

Ellise Shafer, Variety, 13 Feb. 2025 Lil’ Miss Miley’s Baby Boutique grew out of a long-running friendship with the Milams and the Kelly family. —

Janice Phelan, Kansas City Star, 12 Feb. 2025 Rwanda does not deny the allegations but has criticized DR Congo for collaborating with a Hutu militia group against a mainly Tutsi rebel group, the CNDP, which M23 grew out of. —

Nimi Princewill, CNN, 30 Jan. 2025 Wild Cards grew out of the Superworld RPG, specifically a long-running campaign game-mastered by Martin in the 1980s, with several of the original sci-fi writers who contributed to the series participating. —

Jennifer Ouellette, WIRED, 25 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for grow out