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单词 grow out of
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grow out of

1. phrasal verb
If you grow out of a type of behaviour or an interest, you stop behaving in that way or having that interest, as you develop or change.
Most children who stammer grow out of it. [VERB PARTICLE PARTICLE noun]
2. phrasal verb
When a child grows out of an item of clothing, they become so tall or big that it no longer fits them properly.
You've grown out of your shoes again. [VERB PARTICLE PARTICLE noun]
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grow out of in British English

verb
(intr, adverb; + preposition)
to become too big or mature for
she soon grew out of her childish ways

grow out of in American English

1. 
to develop from
2. 
to outgrow
See full dictionary entry for grow

Examples of 'grow out of' in a sentence
grow out of

`Cheer up, Harry, he'll grow out of it,' Gina told me over coffee.
Tony Parsons MAN AND WIFE (2002)
`We're hoping that, living here and being settled, she may start to grow out of it.
Ferrars, Elizabeth MURDER MOVES IN (2002)
Could it all grow out of the past, watered perhaps by a few idle rumours?
Ferrars, Elizabeth MURDER MOVES IN (2002)
Many great towers and spires, made of glittering sweeps of living stone, seemed to grow out of the valley's very rock.
David Zindell THE LIGHTSTONE: BOOK ONE, PART TWO OF THE EA CYCLE (2002)

Chinese translation of 'grow out of'

grow out of

vt fus

  1. [clothes] 长(長)得穿不下 (zhǎng de chuān bù xià)
  2. [habit] 逐渐(漸)放弃(棄) (zhújiàn fàngqì)
    ⇒ He grew out of his late night coffee habit. 他逐渐放弃了晚上喝咖啡的习惯。 (Tā zhújiàn fàngqìle wǎnshang hē kāfēi de xíguàn.)
    ⇒ Many children suck their thumbs. Most of them grow out of it. 很多孩子嘬大拇指，但大多数大了就不会了。 (Hěn duō háizi zuō dàmǔzhǐ, dàn dàduōshù dàle jiù bùhuì le.)
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Nearby words of
grow out of

  • grow apart
  • grow into
  • grow on
  • grow out of
  • grow up
  • grower
  • growing

Related terms of
grow out of

  • grow up
  • grow on
  • grow into
  • grow apart
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