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

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke