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
Both mother and daughter grew up and graduated from Lawrence Township schools, along with McKinsey Glover's two other siblings.
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Caroline Beck, IndyStar, 7 Nov. 2025
Spillner, who grew up in the Dane County suburb of Windsor, also earned a third-degree black belt in karate.
—Sophie Carson, jsonline.com, 7 Nov. 2025
This is not an easy time to grow up.
—Sarah Jones, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025
The Watanabes had one daughter and two sons together, who are now grown up.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 7 Nov. 2025
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Caroline Beck, IndyStar, 7 Nov. 2025
Spillner, who grew up in the Dane County suburb of Windsor, also earned a third-degree black belt in karate.
—Sophie Carson, jsonline.com, 7 Nov. 2025
This is not an easy time to grow up.
—Sarah Jones, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025
The Watanabes had one daughter and two sons together, who are now grown up.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 7 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grow up
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Several of the production facilities that CNN analyzed have swiftly replaced villages and farmland, growing by tens of thousands of square feet in the past five years.—
Tamara Qiblawi,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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Though George Washington and the press started off amicably, their relationship grew more adversarial once journalists began criticizing the nation’s first president.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
7 Nov. 2025
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But as the race progressed, Mamdani’s natural charm, catchy social media videos and populist economic platform energized voters in the notoriously expensive city.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
5 Nov. 2025
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Logic suggests a worker on the NLW is likely to remain on or close to this wage in most cases, while a graduate entering a profession like accounting can expect significant pay increases as their career progresses.—
Ian King,
CNBC,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Grow up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grow%20up. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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