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grow up

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grow up
to become mature; to become adult. All the children have grown up and the parents are left with a lot of debts.
See also: grow, up
grow up
to stop behaving like a child Kayo says we ought to grow up and stop complaining.
Usage notes: often used as an order: Why were you guys wildly celebrating after scoring one goal? Grow up.
Related vocabulary: come of age
Etymology: based on the literal meaning of grow up (to change from being a child to being an adult)
See also: grow, up
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What pleasure can I have in seeing a girl grow up to eclipse me, and enjoy those pleasures that I am for ever debarred from?
Agnes Grey by Bronte, Anne View in context
And thus the whole State will grow up in a noble order, and the several classes will receive the proportion of happiness which nature assigns to them.
The Republic by Plato View in context
A niece of ours, Sir Thomas, I may say, or at least ofyours, would not grow up in this neighbourhood without many advantages.
Mansfield Park by Austen, Jane View in context
 
 
 
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