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grown-up point

grown-up point noun: a notional point awarded (to younger persons) for behaving in a commendably mature way.

Noun

grown-up point (plural grown-up points)

  1. A notional point awarded (to younger persons) for behaving in a commendably mature way.
    • Collecting grown-up points is about responsibility.[…] Buying a potted plant: 1 grown-up point. Keeping it alive for a year: 10 points.2008 December 23, Andreas Arvman, “Collecting grown-up points is about responsibility”, in The Honolulu Advertiser
    • Bonus grown up points if you consider yourself 'addicted'.2015 June 25, Eleanor Jones, “25 purchases that prove you've become a grown up”, in Cosmopolitan

Forms of grown-up point

pluralgrown-up points

Questions about grown-up point

What does grown-up point mean?
Grown-up point means a notional point awarded (to younger persons) for behaving in a commendably mature way.
What part of speech is grown-up point?
Grown-up point is a noun.
What is the plural of grown-up point?
The plural of grown-up point is grown-up points.

Words near grown-up point in the dictionary

  1. grown some balls
  2. grown up
  3. grown ups
  4. grown-ass
  5. grown-up
  6. grown-up point
  7. grown-up points
  8. grown-up-ness
  9. grown-upness
  10. grown-ups
  11. grownd

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