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.
(..) Last I heard he was married to a -year-old boy, living on a beach in Thailand. Fucking family's dug into the Southie projects like ticks. Three-decker men at best. You, however, grew up... ...on the North Shore, huh? Well, la-di-fucking-da. You were kind of a double kid, I bet, right? (..)2006 The Departed