"age out" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: ages out [present, singular, third-person], aging out [participle, present], ageing out [participle, present], aged out [participle, past], aged out [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*|pres_ptc2=ageing out}} age out (third-person singular simple present ages out, present participle aging out or ageing out, simple past and past participle aged out)
  1. (intransitive) To become too old for an activity, program or institution; to become too mature for a behavior. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Age Related terms: over the hill Translations (to become too old for an activity, program or institution): kiöregedik (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-age_out-en-verb-k593MqSn Disambiguation of Age: 52 48 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (out) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 67 33 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (out): 77 23 Disambiguation of 'to become too old for an activity, program or institution': 99 1
  2. (euphemistic, politics) To die or retire. Tags: euphemistic Categories (topical): Politics, Age, Death
    Sense id: en-age_out-en-verb-UZ9bJ9WO Disambiguation of Age: 52 48 Disambiguation of Death: 32 68 Categories (other): English euphemisms Topics: government, politics

Inflected forms

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