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What does "multiply out to" mean?

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Rebecca

"Multiply out to" means to become, expand, or grow. Bill Gates is telling Ellen how his company (Microsoft) has grown to be one of the biggest companies in the world. Ex: The small company multiplied out to be a huge multi-billion dollar corporation. Ex: I think this idea will multiply out to great things.

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