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get taller

VERB

grow

Synonyms

STRONGEST

advance age become breed build come cultivate develop expand flourish gain increase mature multiply produce raise rise spread sprout swell thrive turn widen

STRONG

abound amplify arise augment burgeon dilate enlarge extend germinate heighten issue luxuriate maturate mount originate propagate pullulate ripen shoot stem stretch thicken vegetate wax

WEAK

branch out burst forth come to be fill out get bigger pop up spring up

Antonyms

STRONGEST

cease compress contract decline decrease demolish destroy diminish drop fail halt ignore languish lessen lose lower narrow neglect raze recede reduce repress retreat ruin shrink stop

STRONG

abridge condense curtail hold keep shorten

WEAK

stunt

Example Sentences

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But she’s watched fences get taller over the past 40 years with mixed feelings.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 20, 2024

The skin around their skull bones thickens, their hair grows in, and they get taller, which makes their head appear proportionally smaller.

From Washington Post • Dec. 17, 2021

And they get taller as the car starts to sink.

From The Verge • Dec. 19, 2018

As players get taller with bigger serves, Austin said, she worries that long rallies will vanish.

From New York Times • Sep. 2, 2018

“Half of those stories are just tall tales, and they get taller with every year that passes,” said Enoch.

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs

get taller

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