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grow up

  1. to progress from childhood to adulthood
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Wiktionary

intj

Etymology: Dissimilated from Middle English upgrowen.

  1. 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!

verb

Etymology: Dissimilated from Middle English upgrowen.

  1. 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

  2. To start to develop; to flourish.

    Socialism grew up in the industrial cities.

    A town grew up at the junction of the two rivers.

  3. To stop acting as or like a child (often used as an imperative interjection).

    Will you grow up please, and stop making silly faces?