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View synonyms for grow up

grow up

verb

  1. to reach maturity; become adult
  2. to come into existence; develop
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Now Nik says his attitude to life - and death - has changed and he is grateful to have seen his children grow up.

From BBC

He hopes his role as senator will be the representation for young Latinos that he never had growing up.

From Salon

I knew she grew up in the New York area and came out here with her husband, who made films.

Those two grew up in South San Francisco as fifth-graders at Our Lady of Perpetual Help.

Max Feldmann: My dad used to run record stores back in Arizona before I was even born, so I always had vintage T-shirts growing up.

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