grew up

verb

past tense of grow up
as in grew
to become mature everyone has to grow up at some point in their lives

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Recent Examples of grew up Quavo, for a moment, is boogying like that generation of ’80s MCs who grew up on James Brown. — Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 7 Oct. 2026 Arkansas Democratic congressional candidate Chris Jones, who is Black, grew up in a family relying on food stamps. — Laura Turbay, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026 Co-writers Lustig and Roth were born in the same Toronto maternity ward on either side of midnight and grew up together at summer camp and have been best friends for decades. — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2026 Like so many actors who grew up in Hollywood, Raven says the industry shaped her own self-image in many ways—positive, negative, and neutral. — Kara McGrath, Allure, 29 Sep. 2026 Many of them are inspired by the real-life men and women Noe grew up around in his home region of eastern Kentucky. — Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2026 The siblings grew up at Park House on the royal family’s Sandringham estate, before moving into their family’s ancestral home, Althorp, in 1975. — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 28 Sep. 2026 Born in Ohio, Steinem grew up poor, the daughter of a nomadic antique dealer father and an ex-journalist mother who spent time in psychiatric hospitals. — The Week Us, TheWeek, 22 Sep. 2026 In Tanzania, local guide Anderson Mgesi grew up in a village in the Iringa region, where bushmeat fed his family. — Juliet Kinsman, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grew up
  1. grew
  2. progressed
  3. aged
Verb
  • The actor was in and out of colleges but studied acting and grew fond of Shakespeare, according to People.
    — Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026
  • As the West and East wings were developed over the 1910s, the resort grew as a staple for travel traditions—a retreat to look forward to.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of grew
Verb
  • And indeed, no patients with undetectable ctDNA before endocrine therapy progressed.
    — Allessandra DiCorato, STAT, 8 Oct. 2026
  • The show has also progressed from a solely in-person experience to one with main-stage panels that are streamed live for fans around the world via YouTube — a move born out of the COVID-19 pandemic-era virtual cons that has stuck.
    — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of progressed
Verb
  • Adults aged 19 to 50 should be getting 25 grams of fiber per day for women and 38 grams per day for men.
    — Yi-Jin Yu, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026
  • India has about 365 million people aged 15 to 29, the world’s largest youth population, and the number of young people pursuing higher education has grown faster than the supply of jobs that match their qualifications and expectations.
    — Aakash Hassan, Christian Science Monitor, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of aged

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“Grew up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grew%20up. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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