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outgrow

(aʊtgroʊ)
Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense outgrows, present participle outgrowing, past tense outgrew, past participle outgrown
1. verb
If a child outgrows a piece of clothing, they grow bigger, so that it no longer fits them.
She outgrew her clothes so rapidly that Patsy was always having to buy new ones. [VERB noun]
...outgrown baby clothes. [VERB-ed]
2. verb
If you outgrow a particular way of behaving or thinking, you change and become more mature, so that you no longer behave or think in that way.
The girl may or may not outgrow her interest in fashion. [VERB noun]

outgrow in British English

(ˌaʊtˈɡrəʊ)
verbWord forms: -grows, -growing, -grew or -grown (transitive)
1. 
to grow too large for (clothes, shoes, etc)
2. 
to lose (a habit, idea, reputation, etc) in the course of development or time
3. 
to grow larger or faster than

outgrow in American English

(ˌaʊtˈgroʊ)
verb transitiveWord forms: ˌoutˈgrew, ˌoutˈgrown, ˌoutˈgrowing
1. 
to grow faster or larger than
2. 
to lose or get rid of in the process of growing or maturing
to outgrow one's credulity
3. 
to grow too large for
to outgrow a suit

Examples of 'outgrow' in a sentence
outgrow

It has long since outgrown its home turf.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
You are maturing and it sounds like you have already outgrown him mentally and emotionally.
The Sun (2016)
Just four years after they built their first factory they had already outgrown it and had to build another one.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
They admitted that the inherited structure was a crazy, shapeless jumble which the business had long outgrown.
Peter F. Drucker MANAGEMENT: task, responsibilities, practices (1974)
One knew, of course, that we had long outgrown that simpler age when a footballer could catch a bus to the ground along with the fans.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)

In other languages
outgrow

British English: outgrow VERB
If a child outgrows a piece of clothing, they grow bigger, so that it no longer fits them.
She outgrew her clothes so rapidly that her mother was always having to buy new ones.
  • American English: outgrow
  • Brazilian Portuguese: crescer
  • Chinese: 长大而穿不下 > 衣服
  • European Spanish: quedarle pequeño a alguien
  • French: devenir trop grand pour
  • German: herauswachsen aus
  • Italian: diventare troppo grande per
  • Japanese: 大きくなって着られなくなる
  • Korean: 자라서 ∼을 못 입게 되다
  • European Portuguese: crescer
  • Latin American Spanish: quedarle pequeño a alguien

Chinese translation of 'outgrow'

outgrow

(autˈɡrəu)
Word forms:pt outgrew
Word forms:pp outgrown

vt

  1. [clothes] 因长(長)大而穿不下 (yīn zhǎngdà ér chuān bù xià)
  2. [behaviour, idea, taste] 因成长(長)而不再有 (yīn chéngzhǎng ér bùzài yǒu)
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