Grow apart

Meaning: Become distant, stop having a close relationship because

time, distance, interests, etc, have changed

Example: We used to be good friends at school but have since GROWN

APART.

Grow away from

Meaning: Become less friendly with

Example: I have GROWN AWAY FROM many of the people I grew up

with.

Notes:

 Inseparable 
 International English

 Contributed By: Michael Belasco

Grow back
Meaning: Grow again

Example: Nails GROW BACK quickly after you cut them.

Grow from
Meaning: Result from a process

Example: A lot GREW FROM the peace talks.

Grow into
Meaning: Grow to fit large clothes

Example: The jacket's a bit big, but she'll GROW INTO it.

Grow into
Meaning: Mature or change into

Example: She's has GROWN INTO a lovely person.

Grow into
Meaning: Develop or change over time to fit something

Example: It may seem difficult at first, but you will GROW INTO the job.

Grow on
Meaning: Like something that you didn't like at first

Example: The painting has GROWN ON me; I used to ate it.

Grow on
Meaning: Have a greater influence or degree of acceptance

Example: The plans sounded strange at first, but they have GROWN ON

me.

Grow on
Meaning: Become gradually more evident

Example: A feeling of distrust of them GREW ON me.

Grow out
Meaning: Let hair, etc, with dyes, perms grow to get rid of the style

Example: I'm letting the perm GROW OUT.

Grow out of
Meaning: Grow too large for clothes
 Example: He GREW OUT OF those shoes in no time at all.

Grow out of
Meaning: Lose interest as you grow older or become more mature

Example: He was obsessed with computer games but the he GREW OUT
OF them.

Grow out of
Meaning: Result or develop from

Example: The idea for the film GREW OUT OF an accident that happened
to the director.

Grow to
Meaning: Eventually do something

Example: We GREW TO like the neighbourhood.

Grow together
Meaning: Gradually become attached, united or close

Example: We GREW TOGETHER while we were working on the same

project.

Grow up
Meaning: Mature, become adult

Example: He GREW UP in the West Country.

Grow up
Meaning: Arise, emerge

Example: The industry GREW UP very quickly.

Grow up
Meaning: Develop in a place or for a reason (city, town, etc)

Example: The town GREW UP as a trading post.

Grow up on
Meaning: Do or have something when you are a child

Example: We GREW UP ON cartoons.

Grow upon
Meaning: Like something that you didn't like at first

Example: The book started slowly and was a bit dull, but it has GROWN
UPON me.

Grow upon
Meaning: Have a greater influence or degree of acceptance

Example: As we got nearer the date of the meeting, their idea GREW
UPON me.

Grow upon
Meaning: Become gradually more evident

Example: A feeling of distrust of them GREW UPON me.

This is the Rachel’s English 30-Day Challenge! Learn 30 phrasal verbs in 30

days!  Jumpstart your vocabulary in 2017. Today is Day 24 and we’re studying
phrasal verbs with “grow”.

Is this 30-day vocabulary challenge really starting to grow on you?

If something grows on you, that means that you like it more and more.  Maybe
at the beginning you weren’t sure about it, but as time went on, you found you
did like something.  At first I didn’t like the name they chose for their baby, but
it’s really grown on me.

To grow apart means to be less close.  This happens over time.  We were best
friends in college, but we’ve really grown apart.  We hardly talk anymore.

To grow back means to grow after something has been cut.  I hate my haircut,
but I know it’ll grow back.  Or, the forest will grow back eventually after the
fire.

To grow into something means to get big enough.  These shoes are too big for
my son, but he’ll grow into them by next year.   It also means to become more
natural or comfortable with something.  She’s really grown into a confident
young woman.  Or, There’s a lot to learn, he needs some time to grow into the
job.

We use the term grow out with hair.  So at the hair salon you might say, I’m
trying to grow out my hair, so just trim a little off.  This means I want it to be
longer.  I’m growing it out.

To grow out of something means to get too big for something.  Why spend a
lot of money on children’s clothes?  They’ll just grow out of them so fast! It can
also mean to stop doing something as you get older.  I wish he’d grow out of this
temper tantrum phase.  It can also mean to develop because of something.  The
non-profit grew out of a need for affordable housing.

To grow up is to become an adult.  When I grow up, I want to teach English. 

We also say it to someone who is being immature.  For example, maybe
someone is making fun of someone else, and you say, “grow up!”  We also use
it to mean to spend childhood.  I want my children to grow up around their
grandparents.  Or, I grew up in Florida.