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/ˌaʊtˈɡɹəʊ/ · verb
(transitive, often figurative) To become too big in size or too mature in age or outlook to continue to want, need, use, experience, or accept some object, practice, condition, belief, etc..
Poorer children often have to wear whatever an older sibling has outgrown.
I used to have allergies but I outgrew all of them.
Some people blame God for their troubles, but one must outgrow such notions.
[…]Most persons are collectors at some periods of their lives. Some outgrow the habit; with others it becomes a mania; and with still others it is a lasting habit intelligently planned as one aspect of a study of a particular subject.
This was definitely to be the station, one which would cater for all needs for years to come. But it was evident within the next few years that Johannesburg would once again outgrow its newest station.
“I think you've outgrown Bonnie,” he said as he drove. […] “Bonnie and I have known each other forever,” I said simply. “Doesn't mean you have to be friends forever.”
The best adapted plant varieties tend to outgrow those less adapted.
Use outgrow when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Outgrow means (transitive, often figurative) To become too big in size or too mature in age or outlook to continue to want, need, use, experience, or accept some object, practice, condition, belief, etc..
Common synonyms include grow out of, overgrow.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Poorer children often have to wear whatever an older sibling has outgrown.
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