outgrow
UK /ˌaʊtˈɡɹəʊ/ · US /ˌɑʊtˈɡɹoʊ/ verb
Forms outgrows outgrowing outgrew outgrown
- verb (transitive, often figurative) 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. “Poorer children often have to wear whatever an older sibling has outgrown.”
- verb (transitive) To grow faster or larger than. “The best adapted plant varieties tend to outgrow those less adapted.”
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Etymology
From out- + grow.
Webster’s 1913
Sources: Wiktionary · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “outgrow”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details