grow into sb/sth
— phrasal verb with grow uk/ɡrəʊ/us/ɡroʊ/verb grew, grown
to develop into a particular type of person or thing:
He's grown into a fine, responsible young man.
More examples
- If you think of these children growing into adults who enjoy and appreciate classical music, then that repays our effort.
- She had grown from a shy teenager to a self-assured young woman.
- Your actions could prevent a silly disagreement growing into something more serious.
- It's fascinating a baby changing and growing into an independent individual.
- His early interest in music quickly grew into a lifelong passion.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Making progress and advancing
- a step forward idiom
- advance
- advancement
- ahead
- be cooking idiom
- betterment
- develop
- go great guns idiom
- graduate
- grow
- grow out of sth
- have come a long way idiom
- headway
- rise
- shape
- speciation
- spread your wings idiom
- steer a course/path idiom
- step
- streak ahead
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