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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

grow out of en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. To emerge from (something); to take a particular shape as a result of (something); to come to exist from (an origin).
  2. (idiomatic) To become too physically large for something, especially clothes.
    • I give my old clothes to charity when I've grown out of them.
  3. (broadly, idiomatic) To become too mature for something.
    • Still, I see you mean well enough, and are merely suffering from the debilitating cheerfulness of youth. You will soon grow out of that. 2002, House of the Seven Gables - Page 37

Forms

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growing out of Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
grown out of Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
grew out of Tense=Past lexicographic
grows out of Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

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