grow on
verb
grew on; grown on; growing on; grows on
1
: to have an increasing influence
a bad habit that grows on a person
2
: to become increasingly acceptable or attractive
He didn't like it at first, but it grew on him.
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Trees grew on the roof of the Polissya Hotel, which once housed nuclear scientists; at the Palace of Culture Energetik in the city’s center, frozen rain collected inside of a decrepit swimming pool.
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Lizzie Johnson, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2026
And the movement to require people to accept a shelter space or face arrest is growing on the right and even the Democratic-middle.
—Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
The qualifications for that are that all steps of production must be done onsite, and at least two-thirds of the grains have to be grown on land owned or controlled by the estate.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 23 Apr. 2026
Zaslav and the board had faith that the company could grow on its own after the Discovery Global spinoff was complete.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 21 Apr. 2026
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Lizzie Johnson, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2026
And the movement to require people to accept a shelter space or face arrest is growing on the right and even the Democratic-middle.
—Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
The qualifications for that are that all steps of production must be done onsite, and at least two-thirds of the grains have to be grown on land owned or controlled by the estate.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 23 Apr. 2026
Zaslav and the board had faith that the company could grow on its own after the Discovery Global spinoff was complete.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 21 Apr. 2026
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“Grow on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grow%20on. Accessed 29 Apr. 2026.
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