What does "grow" mean?

In addition to the idioms beginning with grow, also see absence makes the heart grow fonder; let the grass grow under one's feet.

See grow in WNW Idioms

grow into

  1. to develop so as to be a boy grows into a man
  2. to grow or develop so as to fit into or be suited to

grow on

Informal to have a gradually increasing effect on; come gradually to seem more important, dear, or admirable to

grow out of

  1. to develop from
  2. to outgrow

grow up

  1. to reach maturity; become adult or attain full growth
  2. to come to be; develop; arise

See grow in American Heritage Dictionary 4 Idioms

grow out of

To develop or come into existence from: an article that grew out of a few scribbled notes.

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