outgrow

outgrow
UK [ˌaʊtˈɡrəʊ] / US [aʊtˈɡroʊ] verb [transitive]
Word forms "outgrow":
present tense I/you/we/they outgrow he/she/it outgrows present participle outgrowing past tense outgrew UK [ˌaʊtˈɡruː] / US [aʊtˈɡru] past participle outgrown UK [ˌaʊtˈɡrəʊn] / US [aʊtˈɡroʊn]
1) to be unable to wear a piece of clothing because you have grown

She's outgrown all her school clothes.

2) to change as you grow up, so that you no longer behave in the way that you used to or no longer like the same things

Childhood friends often outgrow each other.

3)
a) to become bigger, more successful, more popular etc, in a way that makes your previous methods or activities no longer suitable

Company bosses feel they have outgrown their original market.

b) to increase in number or size so that the space used previously is no longer big enough

Within a year, the business outgrew its premises.


English dictionary. 2014.

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