grow on

phrasal verb

grew on; grown on; growing on; grows on

: to become more appealing to (someone) as time passes

Try the drink again—it grows on you.

I didn't like him at first, but he's starting to grow on me.

Examples of grow on in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The Holiday Movie Industrial Complex is a hungry beast — and leading men don't grow on trees, people! —EW.com, 3 Oct. 2024

Evans points to sebaceous dermatitis as a specific example, which is caused by a yeast that grows on the scalp. —Emily Orofino, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2024

Lululemon, Arc’teryx The appeal of athleisure and casual wear, which gained traction during the stay-at-home era of the COVID-19 pandemic, appears to be growing on the back of China’s 500-million-strong middle class increasingly embracing an active lifestyle. —Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune Asia, 13 Sep. 2024

As the mushrooms grow on top of the substrate, their rootlike mycelium network expands in the medium to become a material that can be compressed and heated into building blocks. —Cameron Pugh, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Sep. 2024