grow up
verb- To mature and become an adult. · What do you want to be when you grow up?· Attila grew up a nomad on the plains of Hungary
- To start to develop; to flourish. · Socialism grew up in the industrial cities.· A town grew up at the junction of the two rivers.
- To stop acting as or like a child (often used as an imperative interjection). · Will you grow up please, and stop making silly faces?
From the library
All grow up as geese and gabies,
And when I grow up, I’ll write one—but I’m grown up now,” she added in a sorrowful tone; “at least there’s no room to grow up any more _here_.”
I’d nearly forgotten that I’ve got to grow up again!
Do you suppose my hair will really be a handsome auburn when I grow up?”
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