aged out
Passed the threshold
Aged out describes reaching an age limit that ends eligibility for something.
Children age out of foster care systems when they turn eighteen.
Young people age out of pediatric medical coverage.
Athletes age out of youth leagues.
The phrase often carries a sense of being pushed out by arbitrary cutoffs rather than natural transition: She aged out of the program before finding permanent placement.
- foster careSupervised substitute parenting
- goodbyeDeparting salutation
- agingGrowing older over time
- youth programsStructured offerings for adolescents
- adulthoodState of being grown
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