Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: outgrow
IPA transcription: [,aʊtɡɹ'oʊ]
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: outgrow
    Meaning: grow too large or too mature for; "I have outgrown these clothes"; "She outgrew her childish habits"
Usage examples
  • "It seems to me, Anne, that you are never going to outgrow your fashion of setting your heart so on things and then crashing down into despair because you don't get them."
  • As the isolated oak that spreads his umbrageous top in the meadow surpasses his spindling congener of the forest, so does the country gentleman, alone in the midst of his broad estate, outgrow the man of crowds and conventionalities in our cities.