get taller

VERB

grow

Synonyms

STRONGEST

advance age become breed build come cultivate develop expand flourish gain increase mature multiply produce raise rise spread sprout swell thrive turn widen

STRONG

abound amplify arise augment burgeon dilate enlarge extend germinate heighten issue luxuriate maturate mount originate propagate pullulate ripen shoot stem stretch thicken vegetate wax

WEAK

branch out burst forth come to be fill out get bigger pop up spring up

Antonyms

STRONGEST

cease compress contract decline decrease demolish destroy diminish drop fail halt ignore languish lessen lose lower narrow neglect raze recede reduce repress retreat ruin shrink stop

STRONG

abridge condense curtail hold keep shorten

WEAK

stunt

Example Sentences

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“There’s going to be more new ones coming in and the earlier ones are going to get taller and older. And that’s just classic natural progression.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 28, 2025

And they get taller as the car starts to sink.

From The Verge • Dec. 19, 2018

She looks thinner, but she just turned 11 and kids that age get taller, thin out.

From Washington Post • Sep. 14, 2018

“Corporations would take over, you’d see signs on the side of the road for AgriGro. Every year, the corn would get taller, more genetically modified.”

From The Guardian • May 12, 2016

“Half of those stories are just tall tales, and they get taller with every year that passes,” said Enoch.

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs

get taller

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