Grow and Skid

Grow

Grow verb - To look after or assist the growth of by labor and care.

Skid is an antonym for grow.

Nearby Words: growth, growing, grown, grower

Skid

Skid verb - To go to a lower level especially abruptly.
Usage example: the local economy skidded when the last manufacturing plant moved away

Grow is an antonym for skid.

Both words in one sentence

  • Music / Heartattack And Vine Ironic Nursery Rhyme: "On The Nickel" , a pseudo lullaby about little boys who don't do what they should and grow up to be skid row homeless.
  • The 1986 film based on the musical makes it Lighter and Softer by downplaying this message and omitting the ending of the musical in which The Audrey II plants grow out of control and consume everyone in the city of Skid Row, New York and with the rest of the world eventually following in this fate.
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