grow on

verb

1. (intr, preposition) to become progressively more acceptable or pleasant to

   I don't think much of your new record, but I suppose it will grow on me

Idioms and Phrases

Also, grow upon.

Gradually become more evident. For example, A feeling of distrust grew upon him as he learned more about the way the account was handled . [c. 1600]

Gradually become more pleasurable or acceptable to, as in This music is beginning to grow on me . Jane Austen had it in Pride and Prejudice (1796): “Miss Bennet's pleasing manners grew on the good-will of Mrs. Hurst.” [c. 1700]

Example Sentences

Pressure continued to grow on the chancellor, when a tearful appearance in the Commons in July sparked speculation about whether she could keep her role and a temporary rise in government borrowing costs.

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As he said to Mrs. Clarke, “Blast! I don’t even know where bread comes from, and why should I? As far as I’m concerned, it ought to grow on breadfruit trees, like they have on those islands in the tropics. Perhaps we ought to plant some, what?”

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“I’d eliminate children altogether, if I could! But I suppose new people have to come from somewhere. They don’t grow on trees, eh?”

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“One of my favorites is the interrupted fern. In this curious specimen, the brown sporangia do not grow from the tops of the frond stalks. Nor do they grow on their own separate stalks, as they do on the ostrich fern. I am sure you will be as shocked and amazed as I was to learn that, on the interrupted fern, the brown sporangia grow right in the middle of the stalk, ‘interrupting’ the pattern of green fronds, so to speak.

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Revenue from Telekom Malaysia’s wholesale business arm, TM Global, could grow on quarter from bandwidth deals and initial 5G backhaul contributions, the analyst adds.

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