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11grow out of sth — UK US grow out of sth Phrasal Verb with grow({{}}/grəʊ/ verb (grew, grown) ► to happen as a result of or as a natural development from something: »The equity boom of the 1980s and 1990s grew out of the crushing bear market and stagflation of the… …
12ˌgrow ˈout of sth — phrasal verb 1) if children grow out of clothes, they grow bigger and the clothes become too small for them 2) if someone grows out of a habit, they stop doing it because they have become older or wiser 3) to develop from something The idea grew… …
13grow out of — {v. phr.} 1. To outgrow; become too mature for. * /As a child he had a habit of scratching his chin all the time, but he grew out of it./ 2. To result from; arise. * /Tom s illness grew out of his tendency to overwork and neglect his health./ …
14grow out of — {v. phr.} 1. To outgrow; become too mature for. * /As a child he had a habit of scratching his chin all the time, but he grew out of it./ 2. To result from; arise. * /Tom s illness grew out of his tendency to overwork and neglect his health./ …
15grow\ out\ of — v. phr. 1. To outgrow; become too mature for. As a child he had a habit of scratching his chin all the time, but he grew out of it. 2. To result from; arise. Tom s illness grew out of his tendency to overwork and neglect his health …
16To grow out of — Grow Grow (gr[=o]), v. i. [imp. {Grew} (gr[udd]); p. p. {Grown (gr[=o]n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Growing}.] [AS. gr[=o]wan; akin to D. groeijen, Icel. gr[=o]a, Dan. groe, Sw. gro. Cf. {Green}, {Grass}.] 1. To increase in size by a natural and organic… …
17grow-out tank — a separate aquarium for fry to grow to a marketable size or large enough to be placed in an aquarium with adults …
18grow out of or into — become too large (or large enough) to wear. → grow …
19grow-out — in aquaculture, the stage at which young fish have grown to market size …
20grow out of — become too big or mature for (clothing, habit, etc.) …
