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View definitions for grow up

grow up

verb as in age

verb as in develop

verb as in mellow

verb as in ripen

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“So growing up my dream school was Harvard because it had the academics of Princeton and the hockey of BC.”

Marriott is a commercial interior designer who now lives in Portland, Ore., but grew up in Arcadia.

The actor grew up in Buffalo, N.Y., with five siblings and was largely raised by his father.

Giancarlo Esposito, who plays Mayor Cicero in the film, also grew up in a house of opera: His mother was a Black opera singer from Alabama who met his Italian father while performing in Naples.

“Unfortunately, a lot of us don’t grow up with education about disabled people and what they’re capable of,” she said.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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