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grew up

grew up is the simple past of grow up.

Meaning of grow up

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) To mature and become an adult.
    • What do you want to be when you grow up?
    Synonyms:
    age, upgrow
  2. (intransitive) To start to develop; to flourish.
    • Socialism grew up in the industrial cities.
    Synonyms:
    blossom, prosper
  3. (idiomatic, intransitive) To stop acting as or like a child (often used as an imperative interjection).
    • Will you grow up please, and stop making silly faces?

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Questions about grew up

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

Words near grew up in the dictionary

  1. grew like a weed
  2. grew on
  3. grew out
  4. grew out of
  5. grew some balls
  6. grew up
  7. Grewal
  8. Grewals
  9. Grewe
  10. Grewes
  11. grewest

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