She 'grew' intellectually and emotionally in her first year at college.
He 'grew up' playing music. [=he played music when he was a child]
As the tree 'grew' taller, the branches began to touch the house.
(..) French Fox's specialty was sex. What was your specialty? Knives. MIA: Character I played, Raven McCoy... her background was she grew up raised by circus performers. According to the show... she was the deadliest woman in the world with a knife... and she knew (..)1994 Pulp Fiction