Definition of "outgrow" []

• To grow too large for: The child outgrew all his clothes. (verb-transitive)
• To lose or discard in the course of maturation: She outgrew her youthful idealism. (verb-transitive)
• To surpass in growth: Spring lambs were outgrowing the piglets. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Some children can "outgrow" wheezing and coughing; they may not have asthma to begin with."
• "He suggests only that in time, we will become so weary of our punitive politics that the system will, out of necessity, "outgrow" or "outlive" its current fractiousness."
• "But most importantly, don't dismiss your symptoms or wait to "outgrow" whatever is bothering you."