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grew

[ groo ]

verb

  1. simple past tense of grow.


grew

/ ɡː /

verb

  1. the past tense of grow
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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He was also born in Mexico and grew up in the US before being deported for low-level drug crime in his early 20s.

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But as Mexico City grew, urbanisation, pollution and other pressures pushed axolotls to the brink of extinction, with some estimates suggesting that there were as few as 50 left in the wild.

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The guitar prodigy, who says she grew up playing in a jazz band, has effectively captured nostalgia for a time she wasn’t alive for.

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But even though the Gunners were pinned back for what felt like large periods of the first half, they grew into the game.

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For Boneta, who grew up bilingual — the son of a Mexican father and an American-born mother — straddling the nuances of both cultures and languages came naturally.

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