blossom out

Meanings

verbblossom out (third-person singular simple present blossoms out, present participle blossoming out, simple past and past participle blossomed out)

present singular third person blossoms out · participle present blossoming out · participle past blossomed out · past blossomed out

idiomaticTo blossom, to show beauty.
"It must be Rena," he murmured. "Who could have dreamed that she would blossom out like that? It must surely be Rena!"
1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, chapter I, in The House Behind the Cedars

verbdevelop or come to a promising stage

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