grow on

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

1. idiomatictransitiveTo become more likeable to someone.

   I didn't like this song at first, but now it's starting to grow on me.

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   Blinking and swallowing, she checked her list of questions. “What are some of your favorite outdoor and indoor activities?” “Well, whale watching is growing on me.”

   2015, Jenny Elliott, Save Me, Macmillan, →ISBN, page 82

2. transitiveTo gradually become more evident to someone.

   Realisation grew on me / As quickly as it takes your hand

   2014, “Hunger of the Pine”, in This Is All Yours, performed by alt-J

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   "I can tell you now, Sam. […] When you left me last night, the whole deadly seriousness of the matter grew on me, till I was as miserable as a man can be." His face lightened as I spoke.

   1902, Bram Stoker, chapter XVIII, in The Mystery of the Sea