grow away from

Meaning

1. grow away from sb

   to become less close to sb; to depend on sb or care for sb less

   When she left school she grew away from her mother.

In the movies · 2

• He's far better off growing up away from all of that.Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone2001
• - Well, this is how you grow up. - Stay away from me!The Golden Compass2007

From the same entry

• it doesn't grow on trees
• absence makes the heart grow fonder
• not let the grass grow under your feet
• grow apart
• grow back
• grow into
• grow on
• grow out
• grow out
• grow out of
• grow up
• great oaks from little acorns grow