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.

See also: away, grow

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Because however far our little boys might grow away from us in life they never, ever leave our hearts. A son's love never dies. by The Mirror (London, England) Once established, these plants produce long rhizomes under the soil, which grow away from the main plant. Garden: anniversary Cowell's by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England) Whatever we do manage to grow away from our uninvited guests in the garden will be sold locally, as seems to be the fashion; and what with the ever escalating cost of fuel and transport, this might perhaps become more commonplace out of sheer economic necessity. Gardens: a social centre for wildlife; ISSUES by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)			groove groove on grope grope after grope at gross gross out ground ground in ground on grounded in fact grounds for group group around group together group under grouse grouse about grouse at grovel grovel before grovel in grovel to grow grow apart grow away from grow back grow by leaps and bounds grow down grow from grow in grow into grow like Topsy grow on grow out grow out of grow over grow to do grow together grow up grow up into growing pains growl growl at growl out growth growth experience grub around grudge gruff as a bear grumble			Grover Cleveland High School Grover Hot Springs State Park Grover Search Algorithm Grover's algorithm Grovers algorithm Groves Groves Groves Groves High School Groves Memorial Community Hospital Groves, Leslie Groves, Leslie Richard grovet Groveton Grovy Grovy grow grow grow grow grow grow grow grow accustomed to someone or something Grow Analysis & Review Grow and Learn grow apart grow apart grow aware grow away grow away from grow back Grow bag Grow bulb Grow Business Solutions Grow by Design grow by leaps and bounds grow down Grow exponentially Grow exponentially Grow Fast Grow Right Grow Financial Federal Credit Union grow from grow from grow in grow in grow in number grow in value grow into grow into grow into grow into Grow Iowa Values Fund Grow It Yourself grow knee-high by the 4th of July Grow lamp grow larger grow lenient grow less grow less severe grow light

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