grow out of sth
(INTEREST) — phrasal verb with grow /ɡrəʊ/
/ɡroʊ/ verb (grew, grown)Definition
› If you grow out of an interest or way of behaving, you stop having or doing it as you become older: He wants to join the army when he leaves school, but I hope he'll grow out of the idea.Stop having or doing something
(Definition of grow out of sth (INTEREST) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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grow into sb/sth phrasal verb
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grow into sth phrasal verb
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grow on sb phrasal verb
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grow out of sth phrasal verb (CLOTHES)
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grow out of sth phrasal verb (IDEA)
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Synonyms and related words:
- abdicate verb (KING/QUEEN)
- abdicate verb (NOT DO)
- break with sth phrasal verb
- cede verb
- chuck sth in phrasal verb
- forfeit adjective
- forfeit noun
- forfeit verb
- forgo verb
- forsake verb (STOP)
- give yourself up phrasal verb
- kick the habit idiom
- lay off (sth/sb) phrasal verb
- leave go/hold of sth idiom
- leave off (sth/doing sth) phrasal verb
- let up phrasal verb (STOP)
- renounce verb
- renunciation noun
- sacrifice verb (GIVE UP)
- turn your back on sth idiom
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