GREW UP Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

grew up

verb

past tense of grow up

as in grew

to become mature everyone has to grow up at some point in their lives

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Recent Examples of grew up Aniya and her sisters grew up in Georgia Aniya, Angel, Ava and Asia spent their childhood in Tyrone. — Emma Banks, PEOPLE, 30 June 2026 Raised in an affluent suburb in Marin County, Siebel Newsom, 52, grew up in privilege. — Jenny Jarvie follow, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026 Hardaway grew up in Miami and graduated from Palmetto High School. — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 1 July 2026 In what should be a surprise to no one, the toddler who learned to hold completely still for regular, two-hour MRIs grew up to be a rather disembodied woman who lives almost exclusively in her brain. — Rebekah Taussig, Time, 7 July 2026 Hernandez is also a local fighter, who grew up in Dunigan, an unincorporated town in north Yolo Count, about 11 miles southeast of Arbuckle. — Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 7 July 2026 The twins were best known for starring on the Disney Channel sitcom The Suite Life of Zack and Cody as precocious identical tweens who grew up in a luxury hotel. — Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 7 July 2026 Glaringly, a frequent offender was Christian Pulisic, a bona fide American star who grew up in Pennsylvania and perhaps was hindered by previous calf issues Monday. — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2026 Andres Cantor was born in Buenos Aires in the early 1960s and grew up rooting for the World Cup-winning sides of Mario Kempes and later Diego Maradona. — Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026

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Bank of America economists analyzed aggregate credit and debit card spending from 70 million consumer and small-business accounts and found Gen Z fitness spending grew about 9%, compared with less than 4% growth in bar spending.

— Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 6 July 2026
Hopes that the Federal Reserve wouldn't need to hike interest rates grew after Thursday's weaker-than-expected jobs report.

— Alex Harring, CNBC, 6 July 2026

Definition of grew

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As the evening progressed, however, the noise died down, and the makeshift set at the base of the Statue of Liberty sprung into action, securing a performance without distractions.

— Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 3 July 2026
Long story short, the goal was ruled out for offside and the Seleção progressed through to the Round of 16.

— Ben Church, CNN Money, 3 July 2026

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