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What does grow up mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word grow up? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (intransitive) To start to develop; to flourish.
  2. (intransitive, idiomatic) To stop acting as or like a child (often used as an imperative interjection).
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Watching my mum being a single parent made me grow up quick and taught me to not rush things in life.
On the contrary, anxious children often grow up to be adults with anxiety, depression or another affective disorder.
It is a bit ironic how all little girls want to do is grow up and all adults want to do is be young again.
Children who are overweight tend to grow up into adults who are overweight.
Do you want me to grow up to be nothing more than poor white trash with no musical ability whatsoever?
Like its cultivated successors, the wild vine is a climbing plant which needs to grow up some support.

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