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grow away from |
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grow away from someone [for someone] to become less intimate with someone; [for someone] to become independent of someone gradually. She has grown away from her husband over the years. We expect our children to grow away from us. grow away from something [for something] to move away from something as it grows. The tree grew away from the house—thank heavens. See if you can train the vine to grow away from the fence. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Sometimes branches will grow too close together and block each other out, so training them to grow away from each other can prevent the need to prune them later. But, if you grow away from your child during these critical years, you will have a problem. One such early song is "Turpentine," which opens with the lines: "I watch you grow away from me in photographs/ And memories like spies/ And salt betrays my eyes again. |
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