age out
English
Verb
age out (third-person singular simple present ages out, present participle aging out or ageing out, simple past and past participle aged out)
- (intransitive) To become too old for an activity, program or institution; to become too mature for a behavior.
- When foster kids age out, it is important that the state provides them with support.
- 2021 February 9, Christina Newland, “Is Tom Hanks part of a dying breed of genuine movie stars?”, in BBC:
- But they [movie stars] do seem to be aging out. There's Leonardo DiCaprio at 46, Johnson, at 48 years old, and Brad Pitt, at 57; Tom Cruise, at 58.
- (euphemistic, politics) 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.
Translations
to become too old for an activity, program or institution
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See also
- over the hill
Anagrams
- outage