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growing on

growing on is the present participle and gerund of grow on.

Meaning of grow on

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To become more likeable to someone.
    • I didn't like this song at first, but now it's starting to grow on me.
  2. (transitive) To gradually become more evident to someone.
    • "I can tell you now, Sam. […] When you left me last night, the whole deadly seriousness of the matter grew on me, till I was as miserable as a man can be." His face lightened as I spoke.1902, Bram Stoker, chapter XVIII, in The Mystery of the Sea

Questions about growing on

What is growing on the present participle and gerund of?
Growing on is the present participle and gerund of grow on.

Words near growing on in the dictionary

  1. growing like a weed
  2. growing media
  3. growing moon
  4. growing moons
  5. growing of the moon
  6. growing on
  7. growing out
  8. growing out of
  9. growing pains
  10. growing season
  11. growing seasons

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