out ‧ grow /aʊtˈɡrəʊ $ -ˈɡroʊ/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense outgrew /-ˈɡruː/, past participle outgrown /-ˈɡrəʊn $ -ˈɡroʊn/) [transitive]
[ Word Family: noun : ↑ grower , ↑ growth , ↑ undergrowth , ↑ outgrowth , ↑ overgrowth ; adjective : growing, ↑ grown , ↑ overgrown ; verb : ↑ grow , ↑ outgrow ]
1 . to grow too big for something SYN grow out of :
They outgrow their clothes so quickly.
Harry outgrew his cot when he was about two.
2 . to no longer do or enjoy something that you used to do, because you have grown older and changed:
Most children eventually outgrow a tendency toward travel sickness.
3 . if a business outgrows a building, it begins to have too many people or too much work to fit into the building:
His furniture-making business soon outgrew his garage.
4 . to grow or increase faster than someone or something else:
a population outgrowing its resources