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grow up Related vocabulary: come of ageto 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. Etymology: based on the literal meaning of grow up (= to change from being a child to being an adult) See also: grow |
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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? 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. A niece of ours, Sir Thomas, I may say, or at least ofyours, would not grow up in this neighbourhood without many advantages. |
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