BLOSSOM OUT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does blossom out mean? 

• BLOSSOM OUT (verb)
  The verb BLOSSOM OUT has 1 sense:

1. develop or come to a promising stage

  Familiarity information: BLOSSOM OUT used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BLOSSOM OUT (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Develop or come to a promising stage

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

blossom; blossom forth; blossom out; unfold

Context example:

Youth blossomed into maturity

Hypernyms (to "blossom out" is one way to...):

develop (grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

 Context examples 

I wonder if I should blossom out half as well as you have, if I tried it?

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)