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outgrowoutgrow /aʊt˺ˈgroʊ/ verb (past tense outgrew /-ˈgru/, past participle outgrown /-ˈgroʊn/) [transitive] VERB TABLEoutgrow |
Present | I, you, we, they | outgrow | | he, she, it | outgrows | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | outgrew | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have outgrown | | he, she, it | has outgrown | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had outgrown | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will outgrow | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have outgrown |
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Present | I | am outgrowing | | he, she, it | is outgrowing | | you, we, they | are outgrowing | Past | I, he, she, it | was outgrowing | | you, we, they | were outgrowing | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been outgrowing | | he, she, it | has been outgrowing | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been outgrowing | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be outgrowing | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been outgrowing |
1to grow too big for something SYN grow out of: Kara’s already outgrown her shoes.2to not do something or enjoy something anymore, because you have grown older and changed: Most children outgrow the need for an afternoon nap.3to grow or increase faster than someone or something else: The female population outgrew the male population in most of the experiments. |