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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This does not have to mean growing out your hair, biking to Mardi Gras or stopping at a brothel along the way.
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Paul Fitzgerald, Rolling Stone, 5 May 2025
Mounting tax frustrations The recall effort grew out of taxpayers’ dissatisfaction with how White and county assessment director Gail McCann Beatty set values on real estate for property tax purposes during the biennial reassessment cycle in 2023.
—Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 24 Apr. 2025
Slow Magic grew out of a run of Wednesday night jam sessions led by co-conspirator Steve Baim, which would wind up including everyone from Mitch Mitchell (the Jimi Hendrix Experience) to members of Oingo Boingo.
—Jim Ryan, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
My brain, my body and my life were changing, inching toward something that felt like growing up, or growing out of.
—Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2025
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Paul Fitzgerald, Rolling Stone, 5 May 2025
Mounting tax frustrations The recall effort grew out of taxpayers’ dissatisfaction with how White and county assessment director Gail McCann Beatty set values on real estate for property tax purposes during the biennial reassessment cycle in 2023.
—Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 24 Apr. 2025
Slow Magic grew out of a run of Wednesday night jam sessions led by co-conspirator Steve Baim, which would wind up including everyone from Mitch Mitchell (the Jimi Hendrix Experience) to members of Oingo Boingo.
—Jim Ryan, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
My brain, my body and my life were changing, inching toward something that felt like growing up, or growing out of.
—Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2025
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 16 May. 2025.
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