outgrow
🇬🇧 UK/.aut'grәu/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions
v.
To grow too large or too mature for something; to grow faster or bigger than someone or something else.
长大得不再适合(某物);成长得超过;比…长得快
🧩 Root Breakdown
Native Englishoutgrowother
=outgrow
Common Collocations
- 1.outgrow clothes长大不合穿
- 2.outgrow a hobby长大后失去兴趣
Example Sentences
- 1.
Children eventually outgrow their clothes as they get taller each year.
- 2.
She outgrew her childhood fears as she became more confident and mature.
- 3.
Many teenagers outgrow their hobbies as their interests shift and evolve.