outgrow

• Verb, das benutzt wird, wenn etwas für jemanden zu groß wird oder wenn jemand mit dem Älterwerden eine Gewohnheit, ein Interesse oder eine Eigenschaft verliert.

A verb used to indicate the act of growing too large for something, or of losing a habit, interest, or trait as one matures.

unregelmäßiges Verb

1. Grow too large forB1formal

   To become too big or too developed for something, such as clothes or a habit.

   Entwachsen

   • Children quickly outgrow their shoes.
   • She outgrew her fear of the dark.
   • He outgrew his childhood hobbies.

2. Grow faster thanB2formal

   To increase in size or development at a faster rate than something else.

   Schneller wachsen als

   • The company's expenses outgrew its revenue.
   • The population outgrew the available housing.
   • His ambition outgrew his current position.

   Synonymeexceedoutpaceoutstripovertakesurpass