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Examples of outgrow in a Sentence
Kids outgrow their clothes so quickly.
The plant has outgrown my garden.
Our business is outgrowing its small office building.
She's outgrown most of her toys.
I realized that I had outgrown my old high school friends.
Recent Examples of outgrow from the Web
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Krasinski’s finally nailed it on his quest to outgrow Jim Halpert.
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In fact, Faulk now leases several buildings the company has outgrown along a stretch of Northdale Street to other businesses, and is preparing to expand again.
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In February, Chewy opened a 100,000-square-foot facility for its customer service team, which had outgrown space in its Dania Beach headquarters.
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Elkridge has grown dramatically over the last 75 years and with newer, bigger trucks, the department has outgrown their firehouse.
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South Beach’s surging popularity as a spring break playground has outgrown city officials’ expectations, and vacationing students brought with them a slew of troubles that the City Commission wants to deal with — quickly.
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Twitter Facebook − + Breakout Piran Delves • 4 days ago At least this person seems to have outgrown their 'How much...' phase and actually write coherent sentences.
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The modern-day product has outgrown the original venue, but WWE made a great decision in returning to Raw’s first home.
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The legislation was intended to sunset what some called a subsidy for industry that had outgrown it.
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First Known Use of outgrow
1597
OUTGROW Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of outgrow for English Language Learners
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: to grow too large for (someone or something)
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: to stop doing (something) because you are older and more mature
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: to stop being interested in or involved with (something or someone) because you have changed as you have grown older
OUTGROW Defined for Kids
Definition of outgrow for Students
outgrew
\-ˈgrü\;
outgrown
\-ˈgrōn\;
outgrowing
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: to grow too large or too old for
- I outgrew my clothes.
2
: to grow faster than
- One plant outgrew all the others.
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