grow from (something)
grow from (something)
1. To develop from a particular starting point or thing. Usually said of plants. What do tulips grow from? Bulbs?
2. To change and mature after having had a particular experience. That break-up was really painful, but I did grow from it—now, I only date people who truly care about me.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
grow something from something
to propagate a plant from a seed, bulb, corm, etc. I grew these tomatoes from seeds. Can you grow a mango tree from a seed?
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grow from something
to develop and grow from a seed, bulb, corm, etc. This huge tree grew from a little seed. What kind of plant grows from this bulb?
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- grow from
- burgeon out
- a grain of mustard seed
- grow into
- grow into (something)
- grow out
- ripen up
- adulting
- on mature reflection
- The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world