Meaning

2 senses

  1. (intransitive)To become too old for an activity, program or institution; to become too mature for a behavior.

    When foster kids age out of the system, it is important for the state to provide them with support.

  2. (euphemistic, intransitive)To die or retire.

    The party's chances in the coming election looked grim as a large portion of their voters were going to age out.

Examples

2 sentences

  1. It took me ages to work out where he came from.

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  2. Jonas was ages standing out there.

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Origin

Use of the phrasal verb, with adverb out, is analogous to run out. The phrase was likely s

Use of the phrasal verb, with adverb out, is analogous to run out. The phrase was likely spread by the Boy Scouts of America, where it is used largely in sense 1 to refer to turning eighteen and becoming ineligible for the youth program.

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Forms

ages out, aging out, aged out, aged out
Base formage out · to age out
3rd person singularages out
Present participleaging out
Past simpleaged out
Past participleaged out

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyage out
he, she, itages out

Past simpleLesson

all personsaged out

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave aged out
he, she, ithas aged out

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill age out

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

Word family

1 related words
Relatedobsolesce

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
agateageA1agelessB2agencyA2agendaB1
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