grow up
/G R OW1 AH1 P/verb
- 1
To mature and become an adult.
“What do you want to be when you grow up?”
- 2
To start to develop; to flourish.
“Socialism grew up in the industrial cities.”
- 3
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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