grow up
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grow up verb
- To mature and become an adult.“What do you want to be when you grow up?”
- To start to develop; to flourish.“Socialism grew up in the industrial cities.”
- 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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