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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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When people want to get taller, they wind up on Dr. Kevin Debiparshad’s operating table for leg-lengthening surgery.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2025

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

The result is empty space known as the “void,” which allows buildings to get taller and taller and developers to make bigger profits from the sale of more high-floor apartments with sweeping views.

From New York Times • Dec. 27, 2019

Examples of the form: One of TCL’s DragonHinge prototypes Something we could all agree to call it: not nearly bendy enough to fit in a pocket The screen stretches to get taller.

From The Verge • Mar. 15, 2019

“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