OUTGROW

outgrow

(verb) grow too large or too mature for; “I have outgrown these clothes”; “She outgrew her childish habits”

outgrow

(verb) grow faster than

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

outgrow (third-person singular simple present outgrows, present participle outgrowing, simple past outgrew, past participle outgrown)

(transitive) To become too big in size or too mature in age or outlook to continue to want, need, use, experience, or accept some object, practice, condition, belief, etc.

(transitive) To grow faster or larger than.

Anagrams

• grow out

Source: Wiktionary


Out*grow", v. t. [imp. Outgrew; p. p. Outgrown; p. pr. & vb. n. Outgrowing.]

1. To surpass in growing; to grow more than. Shak.

2. To grow out of or away from; to grow too large, or too aged, for; as, to outgrow clothing; to outgrow usefulness; to outgrow an infirmity.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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