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out⋅grow

  [out-groh] verb, -grew, -grown, -grow⋅ing.
Use outgrown in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to grow too large for: to outgrow one's clothes.
2. to leave behind or lose in the changes incident to development or the passage of time: She outgrew her fear of the dark.
3. to surpass in growing: watching one child outgrow another.
–verb (used without object)
4. Archaic. to grow out; burst forth; protrude.
Origin:
1585–95; out- + grow
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out·grow   (out-grō')   
tr.v.   out·grew (-grōō'), out·grown (-grōn'), out·grow·ing, out·grows

  1. To grow too large for: The child outgrew all his clothes.

  2. To lose or discard in the course of maturation: She outgrew her youthful idealism.

  3. To surpass in growth: Spring lambs were outgrowing the piglets.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

outgrow  (v.)
1594, "to surpass in growth," from out + grow (q.v.). Meaning "to become too large or too mature for" is attested from 1665.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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