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grownup
[ grohn-uhp ]
noun
- a mature, fully grown person; adult.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of grownup1
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Example Sentences
I was happy Dad had let me be a grownup with him for a little while.
Star Trek always seemed like a slightly more grownup, intellectual, and philosophical version of the genre.
If you think it is wrong, then act like a grownup and wait until you can buy it legally.
And with a fine dose of ribbon embroidery and a bit of sparkle, grunge was dressed up enough for a grownup.
They were not ostentatious as much as they were happy—in a grownup, made-peace-with-it-all way.
Lucy Jane Bull and her sisters were quite old enough to understand a good deal of grownup conversation when they overheard it.
Onward and still onward to a glorious end, left entirely to myself and entrusted with an important task like a grownup person!
Now, you and I, grownup, walk along the sidewalks of San Francisco and all we see under our calloused old feet is a sidewalk.
Rosa Stevenson's grownup sister is going away next month to be a missionary!
Father, mother, two grownup sons, and one or two daughters--evidently by a former marriage.
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