grow out

verb

grew out; grown out; growing out; grows out

transitive verb

: to allow to get longer

growing out her hair

Examples of grow out in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The albums grew out of the keyboard rig Bennett uses with the War on Drugs. — Spin Staff, SPIN, 6 Oct. 2026

The career that grew out of her apartment projects has earned her significantly more than she’s spent on the space. — Ryan Brennan, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2026

The current protocol grew out of that review, but the state is again investigating what went wrong. — Brittney Melton, NPR, 2 Oct. 2026

Yes, there were more greys at the part, but STILL almost none growing out in the under layers. — Beth Sobol, Flow Space, 2 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1956, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for grow out

• about
• bailout
• blackout
• blowout
• breakout
• burnout
• buyout
• checkout
• closeout
• cutout
• devout
• dropout