OUTGROW Definition & Meaning

outgrow

[ out-groh ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

outgrew, outgrown, outgrowing.

to grow too large for:
to outgrow one's clothes.
to leave behind or lose in the changes incident to development or the passage of time:
She outgrew her fear of the dark.
to surpass in growing:
watching one child outgrow another.

verb (used without object)

outgrew, outgrown, outgrowing.

Archaic. to grow out; burst forth; protrude.

outgrow

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verb

to grow too large for (clothes, shoes, etc)
to lose (a habit, idea, reputation, etc) in the course of development or time
to grow larger or faster than

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of outgrow¹

First recorded in 1585–95; out- + grow

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We’re given just enough reasons not to like Ting, or at least to understand why Siaja has outgrown him, and to understand that, in this narrative arrangement, he is toast.

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Before too long, however, the herd multiplied, eventually outgrowing its range on Tomales Point.

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But, he outgrew his dreams but never forgot the men and women riding the horse.

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Before 10 p.m., the scope of the disaster had outgrown the emergency command post at Farnsworth Park, and Williams and other officials shifted their operations west across the 210 Freeway to the Rose Bowl.

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I moved to Austin, TX and supported myself through UT Austin's mechanical engineering school by working in restaurants which I later found to be a deeper passion that outgrew engineering.

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