grow cold

verb

To wane; to lose interest or enthusiasm for something or someone; to become disenchanted or to fall out of love with someone.

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Meanings

verbgrow cold (third-person singular simple present grows cold, present participle growing cold, simple past grew cold, past participle grown cold)

present singular third person grows cold · participle present growing cold · past grew cold · participle past grown cold

  1. idiomaticintransitiveTo wane; to lose interest or enthusiasm for something or someone; to become disenchanted or to fall out of love with someone.

    Men grow cold as girls grow old / And we all lose our charms in the end.

    1949, Jule Styne, Leo Robin, “Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend”
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APA

grow cold. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grow%20cold

MLA

“grow cold.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grow%20cold. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “grow cold,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grow%20cold.

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