grow to do
grow to (do something)
To slowly begin to do something or feel a certain way over time. Ian annoyed me at first, but I really grew to like him as we spent more time together. Every young adult grows to want more freedom from their family—that's just how it is. Grandma grew to hate the cold and eventually moved to Florida.
See also: grow
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
grow to do something
to gradually begin to do certain things, using verbs such as feel, know, like, need, respect, sense, suspect, think, want, wonder, etc. I grew to hate Bob over a period of years. As I grew to know Bob, I began to like him.
See also: grow
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- any time means no time
- ahead of (someone's or something's) time
- ahead of your/its time
- any time
- anytime
- (it's) (a)bout time
- about time
- at all hours
- at all hours (of the day and night)
- become pushed for time