Sekirov Dictionary

grow up

verb 3
exclamation 1
forms 4

verb3

•
To mature and become an adult.
- What do you want to be when you grow up?
- Attila grew up a nomad on the plains of Hungary
•
To stop acting as or like a child (often used as an imperative interjection).
- Will you grow up please, and stop making silly faces?
•
To start to develop; to flourish.
- Socialism grew up in the industrial cities.
- A town grew up at the junction of the two rivers.

exclamation1

•
Used to criticize childish behavior, especially that considered unreasonable for one's age.
- You're giggling because I said "butt"? Grow up, seriously.
- Grow up! The Bible is nothing more than a astrotheological allegory for things like the Sun!

forms

grew up · grown up · growing up · grows up

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