"age out" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: ages out [present, singular, third-person], aging out [participle, present], ageing out [participle, present], aged out [participle, past], aged out [past]
Etymology: The phrasal verb preposition out is analogous to run out. Usage was likely spread by the Boy Scouts of America, where it is largely used in the first sense to mean turning eighteen and becoming ineligible for the youth program. 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: 100 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "out", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 69 31 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "out": 78 22 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 78 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 74 26 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 85 15 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, Death
    Sense id: en-age_out-en-verb-UZ9bJ9WO Disambiguation of Death: 10 90 Categories (other): English euphemisms Topics: government, politics

Inflected forms

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