English Explanatory Dictionary

age out

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To become too old for an activity, program or institution; to become too mature for a behavior.
  2. To die or retire.

Word forms

age out ages out aging out ageing out aged out

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.

Related words

over the hill
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