Phrasal Verbs with GROW

Phrasal Verbs with GROW

Phrasal verbs with GROW

Hello dear English learners! Today, we’re exploring a wonderfully flexible phrasal verbs with GROW.

When you combine grow with different particles, you get a whole set of phrasal verbs that

describe changes, development, and relationships.

These expressions appear often in everyday English and are especially

useful for B2 First and C1 Advanced preparation. 

Let’s look at the most common phrasal verbs with GROW, step by step.

Grow apart

Meaning: To become less close to someone over time.

• After they finished school, they moved to different cities and eventually grew apart.
• Amanda and her husband grew apart after the divorce and stopped seeing each other.

Grow away from

Meaning: To become more distant from someone, very similar to grow apart.

• Many young people grow away from their families when they leave home.
• Although they live in different countries, the two friends have never grown away from each other.
• The rose bush is growing away from the wall — you might want to fix it.

Grow back

Meaning: To grow again after being cut or damaged.

• They shaved her head before the operation, but her hair grew back quickly.
• We mowed the grass, and it grew back even stronger.

Grow into

1) To become big enough to wear something

• Sean will grow into that jacket in a month or two.
• I usually buy slightly bigger clothes so my children can grow into them.

2) To develop into something

• Robert has grown into a confident, responsible young man.
• A small argument grew into a serious international dispute.

Grow out of

1) To become too big for clothes

• Michael is growing so fast — he has already grown out of the T-shirt I bought last month.

2) To stop doing something as you get older

• Maria used to bite her nails, but she has grown out of it.
• He initially wanted to study chemistry, but he grew out of the idea.

3) For hair: to grow longer after a cut or dye

• My hair has grown out — I need a trip to the hairdresser.
• Let your hair grow out a little before dyeing it again.

Grow on

Meaning: To begin to like someone or something more and more.

• I didn’t like Adele much at first, but her music has really grown on me.
• The quiet little town has grown on me — now I can’t imagine living anywhere else.

Grow up

1) To become an adult

• Martin was a sweet child, but as he grew up, he became more rebellious.
• Stop complaining and grow up!

2) For plants: to grow higher

• Plants grow up towards the sunlight.

Keep practising these phrasal verbs, and you’ll grow into a more confident English speaker in no time!

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