grow up
Example Sentences
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Raiola decided it was time to grow up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
One said, “A man does not grow up until he has kids of his own.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
He said he was excited he got "to be part of something which kids from the next generation will get to grow up to watch".
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
This pattern has been well documented among Holocaust survivors, many of whom believed that silence would allow their children to grow up “normally.”
From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2026
“I’ll learn everything I can. And then I’ll grow up and come home and take care of you.”
From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
