outgrow Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb grow too large or too mature for
    • I have outgrown these clothes
    • She outgrew her childish habits
  2. verb grow faster than

WordNet

Out*grow" transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect Outgrew ; past participle Outgrown ; present participle & verbal noun Outgrowing
Definitions
  1. To surpass in growing; to grow more than. Shak.
  2. 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.

Webster 1913