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Meaning of grow out of | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. To emerge from (something); to take a particular shape as a result of (something); to come to exist from (an origin).
  2. To become too physically large for something, especially clothes.
    idiomatic
  3. To become too mature for something.
    broadly, idiomatic

Examples

“I give⟳ my old clothes to charity when I've grown out of them.”
“Still, I see⟳ you mean⟳ well enough, and are merely suffering from the debilitating cheerfulness of youth. You will soon grow⟳ out of that.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

grow some balls grow some skin grow up growe growed growen

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