GRE sentence equivalence question - 3 blanks
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19 Oct 2022, 01:41
The modern detective novel (i)_____ Gothic fiction when nineteenth-century authors began to propose (ii)_____ rather than supernatural explanations for seemingly (iii)_____ occurrences.
A became more popular than
B lost readers to
C grew out of
D complex
E literary
F rational
G everyday
H mundane
I mysterious
The answer given is CFI.
My answer to the first blank was A `became more popular.
Can someone explain why C `grew out of` is the correct answer for first blank?