outgrow
verb (used with object)
to grow too large for.
has outgrown
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present perfectof outgrow (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Rather, the volume of manuscripts has outgrown the capacity of the people who are supposed to evaluate them.
From Slate ● May 3, 2026
Today, that piglet is Tucker—a 200-pound porker who has outgrown the family bathroom, shredded a couch and required the installation of heavy-duty horse panels to keep him from escaping the yard of his Arizona home.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 3, 2026
In the past decade, Stryker has outgrown its peers by 2.5 percentage points a year, so it is a share gainer.
From Barron's ● Jan. 16, 2026
“They are the acts of institutions that have realized that the system that they’ve designed has outgrown their control.”
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 7, 2025
“He has outgrown them. They fit Sohrab pretty well, I would say.”
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
