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grow like a weed

grow like a weed verb: to grow rapidly.

Verb

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

  1. (simile) To grow rapidly.
    • The twins grew like weeds: it seemed we were buying clothes every few weeks.

Forms of grow like a weed

third-person singular presentgrows like a weed
present participlegrowing like a weed
pastgrew like a weed
past participlegrown like a weed

Questions about grow like a weed

What does grow like a weed mean?
Grow like a weed means to grow rapidly.
What part of speech is grow like a weed?
Grow like a weed is a verb.
What is the past tense of grow like a weed?
The past tense of grow like a weed is grew like a weed.

Words near grow like a weed in the dictionary

  1. grow house
  2. grow houses
  3. grow into
  4. grow light
  5. grow lights
  6. grow like a weed
  7. grow on
  8. grow op
  9. grow operation
  10. grow operations
  11. grow ops

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