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/ˌaʊtgrˈoʊ/ Listen

verb

Outgrow v. t. (past outgrew; past part. outgrown; pres. part. outgrowing)

To surpass in growing; to grow more than.

To grow out of or away from; to grow too large, or too aged, for; as, to outgrow clothing; to outgrow usefulness; to outgrow an infirmity.

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Etymology of 'Outgrow'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Outgrow" Quotes from Famous Books

... now that the people have, or at least think they have, the power in their own hands, they will outgrow this form of madness, which is almost entitled to the name of a Parisian endemic. Everything looked peaceable and stupid enough during the week I passed in Paris. But among all the fossils which Cuvier ...

— Our Hundred Days in Europe • Oliver Wendell Holmes

... with a sudden movement, "everyone always takes it as part of me. Nevil says I'll outgrow it. I ...

— Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker • Marguerite Bryant

... five years had, however, wrought a great change in him; he began to outgrow the delicacy of his constitution, and with it, to shake off his timidity of disposition. A diligent perusal of the romances of chivalry filled him with emulation, and he had applied himself ardently to all knightly exercises, looking with great eagerness ...

— The Lances of Lynwood • Charlotte M. Yonge

... no fault in Stevenson's theory as to how a man should learn to write, and as to the discipline he must undergo. Almost all the greatest artists have shown, in their early work, traces of their early masters. These they outgrow. "For as this temple waxes, the inward service of the mind and soul grows wide withal;" and an author's own style breaks through the coverings of his education, as a hyacinth breaks from the bulb. It is noticeable, too, that the early and imitative work of ...

— Emerson and Other Essays • John Jay Chapman

... said Aunt Pullet sadly, "you grow wonderful fast.—I doubt they'll outgrow their strength," she added, looking over their heads at their mother. "I think the gell has too much hair. I'd have it thinned and cut shorter, sister, if I was you. It isn't good for her health. It's ...

— Tom and Maggie Tulliver • Anonymous

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