Associations to the word «Outgrow»

Wiktionary

OUTGROW, verb. (transitive) To become too big or mature for some purpose.
OUTGROW, verb. (transitive) To leave some object, habit, belief ... behind, no longer need or use it, as one grows.
OUTGROW, verb. (transitive) To grow faster or taller than something or someone else.

Dictionary definition

OUTGROW, verb. Grow too large or too mature for; "I have outgrown these clothes"; "She outgrew her childish habits".
OUTGROW, verb. Grow faster than.

Wise words

Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite.
C. S. Lewis