outgrow
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outgrow (third-person singular simple present outgrows, present participle outgrowing, simple past outgrew, past participle outgrown)
- (transitive) To become too big or mature for some purpose.
- Poor boys often have to wear whatever a big brother has outgrown.
- (transitive) To leave some object, habit, belief ... behind, no longer need or use it, as one grows.
- (transitive) To grow faster or taller than something or someone else.
- The best adapted plant varieties tend to outgrow the other.
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to become too big or mature for some purpose
to leave an object, belief, habit ... behind as one grows
to grow faster or taller than someone or something else
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References [edit]
- outgrow in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- outgrow in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
