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
Ayala, who grew up in El Sereno and is married with two sons, has deep family roots in the United States Postal Service.
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Deborah Netburn, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2026
Born in Newark, New Jersey, during the Great Depression, Spevak grew up in Syracuse, New York.
—Christina Mayo, Miami Herald, 16 Apr. 2026
My experience growing up in Mississippi was dope.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 16 Apr. 2026
Regardless of socioeconomic status, virtually everyone in Europe grows up playing football – and watching it.
—Tribune Content Agency, Baltimore Sun, 16 Apr. 2026
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Deborah Netburn, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2026
Born in Newark, New Jersey, during the Great Depression, Spevak grew up in Syracuse, New York.
—Christina Mayo, Miami Herald, 16 Apr. 2026
My experience growing up in Mississippi was dope.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 16 Apr. 2026
Regardless of socioeconomic status, virtually everyone in Europe grows up playing football – and watching it.
—Tribune Content Agency, Baltimore Sun, 16 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grow up
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Opposition parties warn that basing constituencies on population could shift political power toward faster-growing northern states, while diminishing the parliamentary representation, seat share and overall influence of southern regions.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 Apr. 2026
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Vandals targeted a non-profit farm in Ipswich, Massachusetts that grows food for people in need.—
Juli McDonald,
CBS News,
16 Apr. 2026
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Even in the oil market, where prices jumped above $100 per barrel after ceasefire talks over the weekend failed to end the war, prices pared their leaps as Monday progressed.—
Stan Choe,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Apr. 2026
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RevMed said its daily pill, daraxonrasib, met all primary and secondary endpoints in a trial of people whose cancer had already progressed on another treatment.—
Angelica Peebles,
CNBC,
13 Apr. 2026
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“Grow up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grow%20up. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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