grow up

1. 1.

   become an adult

   Broadermature

   Narrowercome of age

Questions about grow up

What does grow up mean?

grow up means "become an adult".

Is grow up a common word?

grow up is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.