<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>To grow too large for<ul><li>Example: "to outgrow one's clothes."</li></ul></li><li>To leave behind or lose in the changes incident to development or the passage of time<ul><li>Example: "She outgrew her fear of the dark."</li></ul></li><li>To surpass in growing<ul><li>Example: "watching one child outgrow another."</li></ul></li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used without object)</strong></p><ul><li>Archaic: to grow out; burst forth; protrude</li></ul>