Grow Up - Learn English Phrasal Verbs | Definitions and Examples

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Hello, everybody! This is jack from tofluency.com and in this English lesson,
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we're going to look at the phrasal verb 'grow up'.
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So, firstly I'm going to show you how I used this phrasal verb in a different
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video,and then I'm going to give you plenty of examples.
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So, let's have a look at the clip now:
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Howeve,r the most popular
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sport in the UK is football. I grew up playing football,
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I grew up watching football... In the video I said,
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however, the most popular sport in the UK is football.
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I grew up playing football, I grew up watching football.
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So, to grow up doing something means to spend your childhood doing something. I
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spent my childhood playing and watching football,
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therefore, I can say i grew up playing and watching football.
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Here is another example:
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I grew up in Preston, Lancashire. So, I spent my childhood in Preston, Lancashire.
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Here is another example: growing up in New York was tough.
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Now, this example looks at using grow up in a different way,
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okay, are you ready?
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He needs to grow up. In this case, it means this person needs to be more
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mature - to act more like an adult.
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So, you can use it in this way as well.
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Here is a quote that uses grow up: "We never really grow up,
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we only learn how to act in public."
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"We never really grow up, we only learn how to act in public."
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This is a quote by Brian White.
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Now, my question for you in this video is this: where did you grow up?
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Where did you grow up? So, leave your answers in the comments section below.
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Thank you for watching and see you next time!
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