Verb
To surpass in growing; to grow more than.
To grow out of or away from; to grow too large, or too aged, for; as, to outgrow clothing; to outgrow usefulness; to outgrow an infirmity.
Source: Webster's dictionaryBig jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones. Theodore Roosevelt
If youth is a defect, it is one we outgrow too soon. Robert Lowell
Just as we outgrow a pair of trousers, we outgrow acquaintances, libraries, principles, etc., at times before they're worn out and times - and this is the worst of all - before we have new ones. Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
We outgrow love like other things and put it in a drawer, till it an antique fashion shows like costumes grandsires wore. Emily Dickinson
The individual is capable of both great compassion and great indifference. He has it within his means to nourish the former and outgrow the latter. Norman Cousins
The mocked may grow up to dignity, but the mocker will never outgrow his juvenile behaviour. Finnish Proverb