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Definition of Grow up
1. Verb. Become an adult. "Sam and Sue grow up"
Definition of Grow up
1. Verb. To mature and become an adult. ¹
2. Verb. To start to develop; to flourish. ¹
3. Verb. (idiomatic) To stop acting as a child (often used as an imperative interjection). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Grow Up
Literary usage of Grow up
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1893)
"matters not, for in either case the children rarely take any part in the religious
life of their parents or elders, and indeed usually grow up in blissful ..."
2. The People of the Abyss by Jack London (1903)
"In the low wages WHERE THE CHILDREN grow up. of his father, and of other men in
the same walk in life, he found sufficient reason for branding wife and ..."
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