outgrow
IPA: aʊtgrˈoʊ
verb
- (transitive, often figurative) To become too big in size or too mature in age or outlook to continue to want, need, use, experience, or accept some object, practice, condition, belief, etc.
- (transitive) To grow faster or larger than.
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Examples of "outgrow" in Sentences
- Another challenge: children can "outgrow" a drug's benefits.
- They're not disease resistant, but they tend to "outgrow" a lot of disease.
- Some children can "outgrow" wheezing and coughing; they may not have asthma to begin with.
- But most importantly, don't dismiss your symptoms or wait to "outgrow" whatever is bothering you.
- Each generation has been confident that within another few decades, or possibly a bit longer, humans will 'outgrow' belief in the supernatural.
- He suggests only that in time, we will become so weary of our punitive politics that the system will, out of necessity, "outgrow" or "outlive" its current fractiousness.
- My real feeling is that the Center is going to develop people of these skills and qualifications and attributes and after awhile, they are going to, in a way, they're going to kind of outgrow the Center.
- If one can be said to "outgrow" indie, as well as rock in general, it's less because of the musicians 'youthful lyrical concerns (at least in my case) than their failure to keep pace with the listener's expanding rhythm tastes.
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