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.
(..) Because I knew that no matter what happened from that day on... ...nothing could ever be that bad. Because I had you. Uh... And then I grew up... ...and I lost my way. And I blamed you for my failures. And I know that you think you have to do this today. I don't want you to. (..)2009 17 Again