to age out
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6.6
- phrasal verb
- /eɪdʒ aʊt/
- US
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- Development of at-risk youth through the Youth Leadership Academy will stem their re-entry into the welfare system after they age out of foster care.
- age out of care
It was obvious that he had aged out of this position.
- It was obvious that he had aged out of this position.
- And then all of a sudden you lose that or you just age out, right?
- And when you talk to or see statistics, I guess I should say, of homeless kids, yeah, almost all of them are aged out of the foster system.
- Sometimes it's the small stuff, the marriage ending or a business not succeeding as they hoped, or that they age out of their career.
Examples
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Approximately 20,000 youth age out (emancipate) from state foster care systems each year (Courtney, Piliavin, Grogan-Kaylor, & Nesmith, 2001).
Academic text (2005) -
That's when they officially age out of the public school system that offered them educational and other supportive services.
Blog text (5) -
I know I age out soon.
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'Cause I age out in a month.
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This is the reality for children in our community who do not get adopted and age out of the foster care system.
Blog text (13) -
Victor and Rosa are saints, yes, but you're about to age out of the foster system just like I did.
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Enrollment may be flat because there are always a significant number of older individuals in the program who eventually age out of the program as they become eligible for Medicare.
Academic text (2011) -
Although approximately 40 percent of children entering foster care for the first time reunify with their parents in fewer than 12 months, many are trapped in the system and remain in foster care until they "age out" at 18 (Needell et al., 2007).
Academic text (2010) -
A national study of former foster youths, ages 18 to 24, who had aged out of the child welfare system found that 2 to four years after leaving care, 30 percent were receiving public assistance, 50 percent had used illegal drugs, and 25 percent had been homeless at least one night (Westat, 1991).
Academic text (2006) -
Many foster children struggle to find stability when they age out of the system.
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to reach an age at which one is no longer eligible' is directly derivable from combining 'age' (to grow older/reach a certain age) with 'out' (excluded/no longer in). The particle 'out' conveys exclusion and the construction parallels common verb+particle patterns, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents would likely infer this meaning.
Etymology
The phrasal verb age out comes from the image of getting older (age) and being pushed out of a program that has an age limit, like leaving a youth club when you turn eighteen. So, it means 'to reach an age when you are no longer allowed'.