grow up
verb
1 grow up
Become an adult.
Roget 194:
become larger
etc.
(large)
etc.
192;
expand,
widen,
enlarge,
extend,
grow,
increase,
incrassate†,
swell,
gather;
fill out;
deploy,
take open order,
dilate,
stretch,
distend,
spread;
mantle,
wax;
grow up,
spring up;
bud,
bourgeon [Fr.],
shoot,
sprout,
germinate,
put forth,
vegetate,
pullulate,
open,
burst forth;
gain flesh,
gather flesh;
outgrow;
spread like wildfire,
overrun.
be larger than;
surpass
etc.
(be superior)
33.
render larger
etc.
(large)
etc.
192;
expand,
spread,
extend,
aggrandize,
distend,
develop,
amplify,
spread out,
widen,
magnify,
rarefy,
inflate,
puff,
blow up,
stuff,
pad,
cram;
exaggerate;
fatten.
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Dutch: opgroeien
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