Study the phrasal verbs. Lead-in.
The girls have grown apart:
they were friends when they were children, but now they hardly ever talk.
Lana used to have short hair, but she grew to like long hair.
So, she waited until her hair grew back.
Mike has grown up.
He grew up on apples.
He also grew out of his clothes.
More phrasal verbs with GROW …
| grow apart | not to have a close relationship with sb anymore, because you both have grown and changed: Kitty and Carol grew apart as |
| grow away (from sb) | gradually become less close/ friendly with sb: The boys used to be friends in their childhood, but then after school Josh grew away from Jack. |
| grow back | grow in the same place again: Hair and nails grow back more quickly if you cut them on a certain day of the moon phase. |
| grow from | be the result of sth: His current problems have grown from the failed talks. |
| grow into | develop/ change into sth: Over time their friendship grew into a romantic love affair. |
| grow on | start liking sth you didn’t really like before: Tinned green olives grew on me. |
| grow out | if your hair is dyed or cut or permed, it grows and changes its colour or style: Meg wants to let her hair grow out as she no longer wants it red and curly. |
| grow out of | become too big to fit into clothes: Little Jack has already grown out of his elder brother’s clothes. |
| change habits or interests: Mike has grown out of playing with model soldiers and tanks. | |
| grow to | gradually/ step by step start to do or feel sth: Surprisingly, she grew to understand how hard her mother worked to give her the best education she could afford. |
| grow up | become an adult: Jack grew up on his uncle’s farm. |
| grow up on | use, do, like sth regularly when being a child: We grew up on cornflakes with milk and cocoa. |