Grow up meaning
Grow up is a phrasal verb with 3 meanings. One of them is to gradually develop from a child into an adult.
- Past simple
- grew up
- Past participle
- grown up
- -ing form
- growing up
What grow up means
become adultA2
To gradually develop from a child into an adult
She grew up in a small town near the coast.
2 more meanings of grow up are in the Retite app, each with an example and a translation into your language.
More meanings in the appSimilar phrasal verbs
With up: wake up, pick up, line up, make up, set up, put up, go up, bring up, mess up, break up.
Common questions
What does grow up mean?
It has 3 meanings. One of them is to gradually develop from a child into an adult. The other 2, each with an example and a translation into your language, are in the Retite app.
What is the past tense of grow up?
Grew up. The past participle is grown up.
Meanings and examples are written by Retite. The meanings follow Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0). Levels are based on the CEFR-J Wordlist and set by Retite.
