"grow apart" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-grow apart.ogg [Australia] Forms: grows apart [present, singular, third-person], growing apart [participle, present], grew apart [past], grown apart [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|grow<,,grew,grown> apart}} grow apart (third-person singular simple present grows apart, present participle growing apart, simple past grew apart, past participle grown apart)
  1. (idiomatic, of two or more people) To gradually become estranged. Tags: idiomatic Related terms: lose touch, drift apart Translations (gradually become estranged): 逐漸疏遠 (Chinese Mandarin), 逐渐疏远 (zhújiàn shūyuǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), 產生隔閡 (Chinese Mandarin), 产生隔阂 (chǎnshēng géhé) (Chinese Mandarin), uit elkaar groeien (Dutch), kasvaa erilleen (Finnish), sich auseinanderleben (German), eltávolodik (Hungarian)

Inflected forms

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