grow up

— Phrasal Verb with grow

/grəʊ/ verb (past tense grew, past participle grown)

Definition

BECOME ADULT › to become older or an adult: She grew up in New York.

DEVELOP › to develop or become bigger or stronger: A close friendship had grown up between them.

(Definition of grow up from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to not be trusted or popular because people think you have done something bad

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