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grow up

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grow up 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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