grow out of

Meaning

1. 1

   grow out of sth

   to become too big to fit into a piece of clothing

   He's already grown out of his school uniform.

2. 2

   grow out of sth

   to stop doing sth as you become older

   Most children suck their thumbs but they grow out of it.

3. 3

   grow out of sth

   to develop from sth

   The idea for the book grew out of a visit to India.

In the movies · 2

• I'd grow out of it and be normal...Front of the Class2008
• Ah, it's his grunge phase. He grows out of it.Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor2013
• You'll grow out of that.Asteroid City2023
• Maybe they will grow out of it.Moonrise Kingdom2012
• And they grow out of our ... chest, solar plexus?Donnie Darko2001
• growing out of a rock...Signed, Sealed, Delivered: The Vows We Have Made2021
• Is all of this growing out of you?Song of the Sea2014
• Yeah, that thing growing out of the couch would be Eugene.Shazam!2019

Learn it in full scenes

• Front of the Class2008
  • Brad Asks for a Chance
  • Brad's Tics Drive His Family Crazy
  • Brad's Childhood with Tourette's
• Signed, Sealed, Delivered: The Vows We Have Made2021
  • Interviewing for the Dead Letter Office
  • The Best Man's Wedding Checklist
  • Oliver's Mother Stays Four Days

From the same entry

• it doesn't grow on trees
• absence makes the heart grow fonder
• not let the grass grow under your feet
• grow apart
• grow away from
• grow back
• grow into
• grow on
• grow out
• grow out
• grow up
• great oaks from little acorns grow