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grown on

grown on is the past participle 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 grown on

What is grown on the past participle of?
Grown on is the past participle of grow on.

Words near grown on in the dictionary

  1. grown apart
  2. grown away from
  3. grown cold
  4. grown into
  5. grown like a weed
  6. grown on
  7. grown out
  8. grown out of
  9. grown some balls
  10. grown up
  11. grown ups

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