Idiom
grow out of
Meaning
To become too physically large for something, especially clothes.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“My son will soon grow out of these shoes.”
“Children grow out of their winter coats so quickly that we buy new ones every year.”
“She realized that her daughter had finally grown out of the small clothes she had carefully saved in the attic for years.”
Examples
simple
“My son will soon grow out of these shoes.”
contextual
“Children grow out of their winter coats so quickly that we buy new ones every year.”
complex
“She realized that her daughter had finally grown out of the small clothes she had carefully saved in the attic for years.”
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