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• grow — verb (grew; grown; growing) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English grōwan; akin to Old High German gruowan to grow Date: before 12th century intransitive verb 1. a. to spring up and develop to maturity b. to be able to grow in some place or… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• grow — [ grou ] (past tense grew [ gru ] ; past participle grown [ groun ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 about children/animals ▸ 2 about plants/cells etc. ▸ 3 about hair/nails ▸ 4 increase in size ▸ 5 increase in success ▸ 6 develop character ▸ 7 start to have… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• let the grass grow under your feet — see ↑grass, 1 • • • Main Entry: ↑foot let the grass grow under your feet : to wait before doing something or to do something slowly used in negative statements He has never been one to let the grass grow under his feet. [=he has never been slow… …   Useful english dictionary

• let grass grow under one's feet — {v. phr.} To be idle; be lazy; waste time. Used in negative, conditional, and interrogative sentences. * /The new boy joined the football team, made the honor roll, and found a girlfriend during the first month of school. He certainly did not let …   Dictionary of American idioms

• let grass grow under one's feet — {v. phr.} To be idle; be lazy; waste time. Used in negative, conditional, and interrogative sentences. * /The new boy joined the football team, made the honor roll, and found a girlfriend during the first month of school. He certainly did not let …   Dictionary of American idioms

• let the grass grow round your feet — If you let the grass grow round your feet, you delay doing things instead of taking action …   The small dictionary of idiomes

• let the grass grow under one's feet — To loiter or linger, and so lose one s opportunity • • • Main Entry: ↑grass …   Useful english dictionary

• grow a beard — grow a beard/moustache/ phrase to start to let the hair on your face grow, so that you will have a beard or moustache Thesaurus: beards and moustacheshyponym Main entry: grow …   Useful english dictionary

• grow a moustache — grow a beard/moustache/ phrase to start to let the hair on your face grow, so that you will have a beard or moustache Thesaurus: beards and moustacheshyponym Main entry: grow …   Useful english dictionary

• grow a beard — let a beard grow on one s face …   English contemporary dictionary

• grow a mustache — let the facial hair above the lip grow in …   English contemporary dictionary