Shrinking away from, leaving behind, receding from, retreating from, declining from, dissociating from, distancing from, alienating from, separating from, diverting from, moving on from, departing from, withdrawing from, disengaging from, detaching from, dismissing from, disassociating from, relinquishing from, breaking away from. These are some of the antonyms for the word "growing out of". When we say growing out of something, it means we are developing or maturing from a particular phase, but when we move away from something, we are disassociating or detaching ourselves from it. The antonyms provide a list of multiple ways to contrast the meaning of growing out of, with the implication that it is something positive and leaving or moving away from it has a negative connotation.

What are the antonyms for Growing out of?

• v.

  • begin
  • complete
  ,
  • conclude
  ,
  • consummate
  ,
  • die
  ,
  • disappear
  ,
  • end
  ,
  • finish
  ,
  • hide
  ,
  • leave
  ,
  • shrink
  ,
  • stop
  .

• Other relevant words:

• decline
,
• fail
.

Famous quotes with Growing out of

• A tree growing out of the ground is as wonderful today as it ever was. It does not need to adopt new and startling methods.

  Robert Henri
• I'm rather pleased with the new manuals. I see Inform now as a gauche young adult, having got past the stage of growing out of his shoes every few months.

  Graham Nelson
• In 1792, my Sister told me, I was growing out of my senses.

  Joanna Southcott
• People spend too much time finding other people to blame, too much energy finding excuses for not being what they are capable of being, and not enough energy putting themselves on the line, growing out of the past, and getting on with their lives.

  J. Michael Straczynski
• People spend too much time finding other people to blame, too much energy finding excuses for not being what they are capable of being, and not enough energy putting themselves on the line, growing out of the past, and getting on with their lives.

  Athena Athena

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