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Meaning of grow up

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

grow up

Pronunciation:

verb

Definitions

  1. To mature and become an adult.

    Example: What do you want to be when you grow up?

  2. To start to develop; to flourish.

    Example: Socialism grew up in the industrial cities.

  3. To stop acting as or like a child (often used as an imperative interjection).

    Example: Will you grow up please, and stop making silly faces?