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Definition grow out of in British English

grow out of phrasal verb

[transitive] phrasal verb
1

if children grow out of clothes, they grow bigger and the clothes become too small for them

Synonyms and related words
act up grow into grow out of
2

if someone grows out of a habit, they stop doing it, because they are older or wiser

Example

They thought I would grow out of my fear of spiders.

Synonyms and related words
give up swear off grow out of
3

to develop from something, or to exist as a result of it

Example

Other issues grew out of the policy review.

Example

The poems grew out of her disturbed imagination.

Synonyms and related words
result follow come out of
Definition grow out of in British English