Grow and Outgrow

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Grow verb - To look after or assist the growth of by labor and care.

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Outgrow and grow are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Outgrow" instead a verb "Grow".

Nearby Words: growth, growing, grown, grower

Outgrow verb - Grow too large or too mature for.

Usage example: I have outgrown these clothes

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Grow and outgrow are semantically related. You can use "Grow" instead a verb "Outgrow".

Nearby Words: outgrowth, outgrown, outgrowing

Narnia: Children eventually outgrow permission to visit Narnia, because, according to Aslan, the point of meeting him in Narnia is so they may grow to know him by "his real name" on Earth.

Source: Growing Up Sucks
Children are prone to it, being too innocent to think of suppressing the truth — many truths have been blurted out by unwitting children — but this cannot be relied on; most children outgrow it (although some of them retain the tendency and grow up to be bad liars).

Source: Cannot Tell a Lie

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