grow up
(PERSON) — phrasal verb with grow /ɡrəʊ/
/ɡroʊ/ verb (grew, grown)Definition
A2 to gradually become an adult: I grew up in Scotland (= I lived there when I was young). Taking responsibility for yourself is part of the process of growing up.Young people
(Definition of grow up (PERSON) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
© Cambridge University Press)
Browse related topics
You are looking at an entry to do with Young people, but you might be interested in these topics from the People topic area:
Browse the Dictionary
-
grow on sb phrasal verb
-
grow out of sth phrasal verb (CLOTHES)
-
grow out of sth phrasal verb (IDEA)
-
grow out of sth phrasal verb (INTEREST)
-
grow up phrasal verb (CITY)
- grow up phrasal verb (PERSON)
-
grow verb (BECOME)
-
grow verb (INCREASE)
-
grower noun
-
growing adjective
-
growing pains noun (DIFFICULTIES)
Browse the Thesaurus
More Results for “grow up”
SMART Thesaurus
Synonyms and related words:
- adolescence noun
- adolescent noun
- boyhood noun
- delinquent noun
- emo noun
- girlhood noun
- junior adjective (YOUNGER)
- junior noun (YOUNGER)
- mall rat noun
- minor noun
- punk adjective
- punk noun (CULTURE)
- Teddy boy noun
- teens noun
- yoof noun
- young blood noun
- young lady/man idiom
- young noun
- youngster noun
- youth culture noun
Topic:
Young people
Word of the Day
Blog
Read our blog about how the English language behaves.
New Words
Find words and meanings that have just started to be used in English, and let us know what you think of them.
