grow apart
phrasal verb
grew apart; grown apart; growing apart; grows apart
: to become less friendly or emotionally close as time passes : to become distant from someone
My wife and I have grown apart over the years.
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Let your audience age out, grow apart and see you as cringe.
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Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 21 Nov. 2025
Once breezy musicians who made beautiful, chart-topping music together, Dad (Simu Liu) and Mom (Cristin Milioti) have grown apart.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 7 Nov. 2025
Purple sprouting broccoli: This tall plant has big leaves and medium purple florets that grow apart from one another.
—Isabel Vasquez Rd Ldn, Health, 30 Oct. 2025
Frehley grew apart from Kiss’ creative direction and ultimately left the band in 1982.
—Walden Green, Pitchfork, 16 Oct. 2025
And though recently, there have been reports that the two sisters have grown apart, there has been pushback to that narrative, as well.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 9 Aug. 2025
The two texted back and forth before growing apart by the time Brace posted a GoFundMe in 2023.
—Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 3 Aug. 2025
These are the kind of ugly games that sometimes get played when GMs and coaches grow apart and pressure builds on their job securities and livelihoods.
—Pat Leonard, Hartford Courant, 21 July 2025
At the time, the split was described as amicable, with reports suggesting the couple had grown apart and were feeling the strain of intense media scrutiny.
—Meredith Kile, People.com, 16 July 2025
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Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 21 Nov. 2025
Once breezy musicians who made beautiful, chart-topping music together, Dad (Simu Liu) and Mom (Cristin Milioti) have grown apart.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 7 Nov. 2025
Purple sprouting broccoli: This tall plant has big leaves and medium purple florets that grow apart from one another.
—Isabel Vasquez Rd Ldn, Health, 30 Oct. 2025
Frehley grew apart from Kiss’ creative direction and ultimately left the band in 1982.
—Walden Green, Pitchfork, 16 Oct. 2025
And though recently, there have been reports that the two sisters have grown apart, there has been pushback to that narrative, as well.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 9 Aug. 2025
The two texted back and forth before growing apart by the time Brace posted a GoFundMe in 2023.
—Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 3 Aug. 2025
These are the kind of ugly games that sometimes get played when GMs and coaches grow apart and pressure builds on their job securities and livelihoods.
—Pat Leonard, Hartford Courant, 21 July 2025
At the time, the split was described as amicable, with reports suggesting the couple had grown apart and were feeling the strain of intense media scrutiny.
—Meredith Kile, People.com, 16 July 2025
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“Grow apart.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grow%20apart. Accessed 30 Nov. 2025.
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