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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
grow up

"advance toward maturity," 1530s, from grow (v.) + up (adv.). As a command to be sensible, from 1951. Grown-up (adj.) "mature" is from late 14c.; the noun meaning "adult person" is from 1813.

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grow up

vb. 1 To mature and become an adult. 2 To start to develop; to flourish. 3 (context idiomatic English) To stop acting as or like a child (often used as an imperative interjection).

WordNet
grow up

v. become an adult

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Grow Up

Grow Up may refer to:

  • Advance in age
  • Progress toward psychological maturity
  • Grow Up (book), a 2007 book by Keith Allen
  • Grow Up (The Queers album), 1990
  • Grow Up (Svoy album), 2011
  • "Grow Up" (Simple Plan song)
  • "Grow Up" (Paramore song)
  • "Grow Up", a song by Rockwell
  • "Grow Up", a song from the Bratz album Rock Angelz
  • "Grow Up", a song by Cher Lloyd from Sticks and Stones
  • Grow Up (video game), 2016 video game
Grow Up (The Queers album)

Grow Up is the debut album by pop punk band The Queers. Originally issued as an LP by Shakin' Street in 1990, the album was reissued twice afterwards: once in 1994 by Lookout! Records and again in 2007 by Asian Man Records with 5 bonus tracks from the original sessions.

Grow Up (book)

Grow Up is a book by author Ben Brooks.

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Grow Up (Svoy album)

Grow Up is the third self-produced solo album by Svoy. It was released in Japan on June 22, 2011, on Thistime Records. U.S./International release followed on June 28, 2011, on Sixteenth Republic Records. In July 2011, it was announced that the album's opening track "Never Grow Up" was picked up for power rotation by Japan's FM Ishikawa 80.5 MHz with the song debuting at #95 on the station's HOT 100 Chart and subsequently peaking at #63. In the same month, it was announced that another track from the album, "Right Here, Right Now", was picked up for Hyper Power Play by Japan's FM Kento 76.5 MHz, with an exclusive feature of "Grow Up" album cover artwork on FM Kento's internet home page. In November, 2011, Russian version of "Never Grow Up" entitled "Navsegda" was added by Moscow's major radio network 94.8 MHz RU.FM and remained in steady rotation until July 2013. Following its release, the album received international critical acclaim: New York's TheCelebrityCafe.com described the album as "...A sonic adventure. Swooning. Emotive."; Tokyo's Skream! Magazine called it "...Superb. Sophisticated. Beautiful."; Tokyo's Bounce Magazine described it as "...Wispy. Poetic."; Osaka's Flake Records Magazine noted that the album is "...Beautiful. Exhilarating." and Niigata's 76.5 FM Kento gave the album "...High praise.".

Grow Up (Paramore song)

"Grow Up" is a song by the American rock band Paramore, and is the third track from their self-titled fourth studio album Paramore. Despite not being released as a single, the song charted at #36 on the UK Rock chart. It garnered acclaim from music critics, who called the song one of the standout tracks on Paramore, and praised its production and lyricism.

Grow Up (video game)

Grow Up is an open world adventure platform video game developed by Ubisoft Reflections and published by Ubisoft. The game, which is the sequel to 2015's Grow Home, was released on August 16, 2016 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.

Usage examples of "grow up".

That's why you've been able to live here and grow up-for ten years.

And to how many men is given a child who will always be a child, who will not grow up to leave him?

He was far from a sanguine assurance that Sophia had any such affection towards him, as might promise his inclinations that harvest, which, if they were encouraged and nursed, they would finally grow up to require.

I was in a hurry to grow up, eager to hunt the deer, and the greatdeer, at their side.