grow up
Definition
› to change from being a child to being an adult: She grew up on a Pennsylvania farm. › If you say “grow up” to someone, you are telling the person to stop behaving like a child.
(Definition of grow up from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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grow into something phrasal verb DEVELOP
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grow on someone phrasal verb
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grow out of something phrasal verb DEVELOP
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grow out of something phrasal verb STOP FITTING
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grow out of something phrasal verb STOP LIKING
- grow up phrasal verb
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grow v BECOME
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grow v DEVELOP
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grow v INCREASE
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grower n
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growing adj INCREASING
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