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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Her poems grew out of her feelings about the assassinations of civil rights leaders Martin Luther King Jr., Medgar Evers and Malcolm X and the death of her grandmother.
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Astrid Kayembe, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
The documentary idea grew out of a conversation with Wikingsson and the realization that the trip would make a good premise for a film.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 7 Dec. 2024
The South Pacific slave trade grew out of cotton, or rather a lack thereof.
—Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Dec. 2024
Civic engagement The drone assembly campaign grew out of the surge in volunteering and civic involvement following Russia’s invasion in February 2022.
—Howard Lafranchi, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Dec. 2024
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Astrid Kayembe, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
The documentary idea grew out of a conversation with Wikingsson and the realization that the trip would make a good premise for a film.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 7 Dec. 2024
The South Pacific slave trade grew out of cotton, or rather a lack thereof.
—Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Dec. 2024
Civic engagement The drone assembly campaign grew out of the surge in volunteering and civic involvement following Russia’s invasion in February 2022.
—Howard Lafranchi, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Dec. 2024
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“Grow out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grow%20out. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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