grow out of
This page is about the phrasal verb grow out of
Meaning
If you grow out of something, you become too big for it or too old for it.
Synonym
outgrow
For example
- grow out of When I was a kid we were so poor that I had to wear clothes that my older brothers had grown out of.
- grow out of sth Our little boy Jamie has grown out of his thumb-sucking habit at last. He's just turned four so he's too old for that now.
Nouns often used as objects with grow out of: pants, shirt, clothes, shoes, toys, hobby, bad habit, bad behaviour
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