grow on
B1 neutral inseparable transitive
In simple words
When something you didn't really like at first slowly becomes something you enjoy more and more.
Literal meaning: Like a plant growing on a surface — the thing attaches itself to you gradually.
Meanings
1 B1
idiomatic
neutral
To gradually become more liked or appealing to someone, especially after an initially neutral or negative impression.
"I didn't love this album when I first heard it, but it's really grown on me."
Grammar: inseparable
Usage notes
Almost always used in the pattern 'it grows on you' or 'she/he grew on me.' The subject is the thing or person becoming more appealing — not the person experiencing the change. Very natural in everyday speech about music, food, people, and places.
Commonly used with
music taste person place habit film
Forms
Base
grow on
I/you/we/they
3rd person
grows on
he/she/it
Past simple
grew on
yesterday
Past participle
grown on
have + pp
-ing form
growing on
continuous
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