Collocations for "grew"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "grew" in context.
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grow
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- grow a [garden, plant]
- grow [food, tomatoes, flowers]
- grow into a [man, woman]
- grow up to be a [fireman, doctor]
- grow up!
- grow your [hair, nails, beard]
- grow your [bangs, color] out
- growing out my [bangs]
- let your [hair, sideburns] grow
- grow in [popularity, size, difficulty]
- grew (at least) [five inches]
- grow by [leaps, spurts]
- grow on [trees, bushes, vines]
- grow (it) from a [seed, seedling, cutting, bulb]
- grow from the [experience, pain]
- grow your [business, company, profits]
- [business] has grown (from)
- has grown from [10 employees, a small] to
- keeps growing [better, more beautiful] (with age)
- [it's, this song] is growing on me
- have grown very close to her
- grow together
- [they, the siblings, the friends] grew apart
- he'll grow into it
- grow [quickly, exponentially, linearly]
- [thrive, change, survive, develop] and grow
- [continued, began] to grow
- [her influence, their reach] has grown
'grew' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
North
- acorn
- anthem
- bay
- beard
- celebrity
- child
- cutting
- divide
- east
- empire
- environment
- fat
- frail
- fund
- ghetto
- grow
- hood
- inner
- like
- man
- moist
- pace
- parent
- patch
- privilege
- religious
- shadow
- side
- sleepy
- slightly
- slowly
- sluggish
- slum
- solitude
- spirit
- stable
- strength
- supportive
- total
- track
- unrest
- west
- where