outgrow

Word family

out·grow /aʊtˈɡrəʊ $ -ˈɡroʊ/ verb (past tensepst outgrew /-ˈɡruː/, past participlepp outgrown /-ˈɡrəʊn $ -ˈɡroʊn/) [transitiveT]

1 GROW/GET BIGGERto grow too big for something 因長大而不適用… SYN grow out of

They outgrow their clothes so quickly.

他們長得這麽快，衣服很快就穿不下了。

Harry outgrew his cot when he was about two.

哈裏差不多兩歲時就睡不下嬰兒床了。

2 CHANGE/BECOME DIFFERENTto no longer do or enjoy something that you used to do, because you have grown older and changed 因長大而不再…，因改變而不再…

Most children eventually outgrow a tendency toward travel sickness.

大多數兒童長大後就不會再暈車暈船了。

3 if a business outgrows a building, it begins to have too many people or too much work to fit into the building 〔業務〕因做大而使…不夠用

His furniture-making business soon outgrew his garage.

他的家具制作業務發展起來，車庫很快就不夠用了。

4 GROW/GET BIGGERto grow or increase faster than someone or something else 長得比…快，增加得比…快

a population outgrowing its resources

增長速度超過資源承載力的人口

Examples from the Corpus

outgrow• Kara's already outgrown her shoes.• If their pediatrician is telling them to wait, that their child will outgrow it, the parents know better.• That also applies to those who subscribe to an online service and have outgrown it.• The previous year of doubt and confusion lifted off my back like an outgrown skin.• When buying a Snakehead, you should allow for the fact that they will eventually outgrow standard aquariums.• Many illicit drug users simply outgrow the habit once they reach their thirties.• The female population outgrew the male population in most of the experiments.• Fine roots develop from the nodes and the plant develops rapidly and outgrows the tank.• More often than not, college grads tend to outgrow their stay-at-home counterparts.• I'd outgrown them all and was waiting until I'd grown into Liza's castoffs.

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Corpus

TOEFL BNC: 18632 COCA: 13665

outgrow

To become larger: grow, expand, swell...