grow up

verb

Definition of grow upnext
as in to grow
to become mature everyone has to grow up at some point in their lives

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Recent Examples of grow up The daughter of Cuban immigrants who came to Miami as children through Operation Pedro Pan, Yvette Ostolaza grew up in Miami's Grapeland Heights neighborhood where a college education wasn't always a given. — Najahe Sherman, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026 Johnny’s last name comes from the name of the street Berry grew up on, Goode Avenue. — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 20 Oct. 2026 Imagine Applebee’s had a cousin that grew up in Bel-Air and insisted on only the best ingredients. — Khushbu Shah, Bon Appetit Magazine, 20 Oct. 2026 Hornaday grew up in Des Moines and attended Smith College, graduating in 1982 with a major in government. — Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 20 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for grow up
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grow up
  1. grow
  2. progress
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  • The bank also expects revenue to grow annually through 2028, targeting 5% growth that year compared with 2027, excluding notable items and on a constant currency basis.
    — Jenny Lee, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2026
  • The vote, which had been scheduled for last week, was delayed after two days of deliberations because of growing wariness among Egyptians concerned about an intervention in Yemen's long-running conflict.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of grow
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  • Completing the flight test just weeks after a captive-carry event demonstrated how quickly the program progressed through its testing sequence.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 21 Oct. 2026
  • As work at the track progressed, one urgent mitigation project upriver lagged.
    — Abe Streep, ProPublica, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of progress

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