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Nov 30, 2009
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out•grow



Pronunciation: (out"grō'), [key]
—v., -grew, -grown, -grow•ing.

—v.t.
1. to grow too large for: to outgrow one's clothes.
2. to leave behind or lose in the changes incident to development or the passage of time: She outgrew her fear of the dark.
3. to surpass in growing: watching one child outgrow another.

—v.i.
Archaic.to grow out; burst forth; protrude.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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