"outgrow" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˌaʊtˈɡrəʊ/ [UK], /ˌɑʊtˈɡroʊ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-outgrow.wav [UK] Forms: outgrow [canonical], outgrows [third-person, singular], outgrew [past], outgrown [past, participle], outgrowing [present, participle]
Etymology: out- + grow Etymology templates: {{ety-prefix|out|grow}} out- + grow Head templates: {{verb|outgrow|outgrows|outgrew|outgrown|outgrowing}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you outgrow your clothes, you become too big in size to continue to wear it.
    Sense id: simple-outgrow-en-verb-jMqiHV15
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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