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grew cold

grew cold is the simple past of grow cold.

Meaning of grow cold

Verb

grow cold (third-person singular simple present grows cold, present participle growing cold, simple past grew cold, past participle grown cold)

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To wane; to lose interest or enthusiasm for something or someone; to become disenchanted or to fall out of love with someone.
    • Men grow cold as girls grow old / And we all lose our charms in the end.1949, Jule Styne, Leo Robin, “Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend”

Questions about grew cold

What is grew cold the simple past of?
Grew cold is the simple past of grow cold.

Words near grew cold in the dictionary

  1. grew a pair
  2. grew a set
  3. grew a tail
  4. grew apart
  5. grew away from
  6. grew cold
  7. grew into
  8. grew like a weed
  9. grew on
  10. grew out
  11. grew out of

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