outgrow
verb (used with object)
to grow too large for.
had been outgrowing
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past perfect progressiveof outgrow.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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She had been growing very fast, was a little thin and white, and had been outgrowing her strength.
From The Bent Twig by Dorothy Canfield Fisher
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