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  • 51grow — See: GREAT OAKS PROM LITTLE ACORNS GROW, LET GRASS GROW UNDER ONE S FEET …

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  • 52grow — See: GREAT OAKS PROM LITTLE ACORNS GROW, LET GRASS GROW UNDER ONE S FEET …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 53grow — Synonyms and related words: accrue, accumulate, advance, age, appreciate, arise, attain majority, balloon, be changed, be converted into, bear fruit, become, bloat, bloom, blossom, boom, breed, brew, broaden, bud, burgeon, burst forth, care for,… …

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  • 54grow — [OE] Grow comes from a prehistoric Germanic base *grō , which also produced Dutch groeien ‘grow’ and English grass and green. Latin grāmen ‘grass’ may indicate connections outside Germanic, but this is not certain. => GRASS, GREEN …

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  • 55grow — See: great oaks from little acorns grow, let grass grow under one s feet …

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  • 56ˌgrow ˈup — phrasal verb 1) to change from being a child to being an adult She s really starting to grow up now.[/ex] He rarely saw his father while he was growing up.[/ex] 2) to stop behaving like a child and become more sensible It wasn t until my marriage …

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  • 57grow — see while the grass grows, the steed starves great oaks from little acorns grow one for the mouse, one for the crow, one to rot, one to grow …

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  • 58grow — [OE] Grow comes from a prehistoric Germanic base *grō , which also produced Dutch groeien ‘grow’ and English grass and green. Latin grāmen ‘grass’ may indicate connections outside Germanic, but this is not certain. Cf.⇒ GRASS, GREEN …

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  • 59grow up — verb become an adult (Freq. 17) • Hypernyms: ↑mature, ↑maturate, ↑grow • Hyponyms: ↑come of age • Verb Frames: Somebody s …

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  • 60grow on — or[grow upon] {v.} 1. To become stronger in; increase as a habit of. * /The habit of eating before going to bed grew upon John./ 2. To become more interesting to or liked by. * /The more Jack saw Mary, the more she grew on him./ * /Football grew… …

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