grew out
Let hair extend
Grew out describes something emerging from or developing as a result of something else.
A business grew out of a hobby.
A friendship grew out of shared interests.
The phrase captures organic development—one thing naturally giving rise to another.
Separately, to grow out of something is to become too large or mature for it: She grew out of her childhood fears.
- blossomedGrew into fullness
- cultivatedImproved through nurture
- surpassingGoing beyond in quality
- left behindAbandoned or forgotten
- moving onProceeding past something
abandoned · shed · phase · flourished · branched out · root · shoot · matured · came of age · emerged · childhood · baby clothes · too small · transcending · habit · lengthened · stretched · discarding
grew outheld onto
kept · retained · clung to · continued · maintained
grew outshrank
Became smaller, past tense
receded · retracted · contracted · withdrew · pulled back
grow, growth, growing, grown, grew, grows, overgrown, undergrowth, outgrow