grow like a weed

idiom

chiefly US, informal
: to grow very quickly
Look at you! You're growing like a weed!

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Recent Examples on the Web Three of those are in Baldwin County, which continues to grow like a weed. Ramsey Archibald | Rarchibald@al.com, al, 13 Aug. 2021

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