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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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I would have to change my ways completely, I'd have to grow up, act my age, be responsible and actually have a go at making a relationship work.
Watching my mum being a single parent made me grow up quick and taught me to not rush things in life.
Do you want me to grow up to be nothing more than poor white trash with no musical ability whatsoever?
This is no low-growing wallflower but rather a full-sized shrub that can grow up to 15 feet tall under the best of conditions.
On the contrary, anxious children often grow up to be adults with anxiety, depression or another affective disorder.
Children who are overweight tend to grow up into adults who are overweight.

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