Usually means: Become increasingly liked over time.
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  1. grow on: Merriam-Webster
  2. grow on: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. grow on: Collins English Dictionary
  4. grow on: Wiktionary
  5. grow on: Dictionary.com
  6. grow on: TheFreeDictionary.com
  7. grow on: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. grow on: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (grow on)

▸ verb:  (idiomatic, transitive) To become more likeable to someone.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To gradually become more evident to someone.

Similar:
grow into, grow, become, forgrow, improve, glow up, Gooden, take to, grow up, take on, more...

Opposite:
repel, dislike, detest, disapprove of

Types:
mold, mildew, lichen, algae, fungi, lichenized fungi, lichenicolous fungi, more...

Phrases:
grow up on, money doesn't grow on trees, money doesnt grow on trees, not grow on trees, One to Grow On, more...

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Similar:
grow into, grow, become, forgrow, improve, glow up, Gooden, take to, grow up, take on, more...

Opposite:
repel, dislike, detest, disapprove of

Types:
mold, mildew, lichen, algae, fungi, lichenized fungi, lichenicolous fungi, more...

Phrases:
grow up on, money doesn't grow on trees, money doesnt grow on trees, not grow on trees, One to Grow On, And One to Grow On, trees that grow on plains, to grow on someone, wisdom to grow on, more...



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