English

Verb

grow out of ‎(third-person singular simple present grows out of, present participle growing out of, simple past grew out of, past participle grown out of)

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. (idiomatic, by extension) To become too mature for something.
   • 2002, House of the Seven Gables - Page 37

     Still, I see you mean well enough, and are merely suffering from the debilitating cheerfulness of youth. You will soon grow out of that.

See also

• grow out