Grow and Stop

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Grow

Grow verb - To look after or assist the growth of by labor and care.
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Stop is an antonym for grow in evolve topic.
Nearby Words: growth, growing, grown, grower

Stop

Stop verb - To bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end.
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Grow is an antonym for stop.
Nearby Words: stopped, stopper, stopping, stopover
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Common collocations

heart grow heart stop heart
people grow people stop people
army grow army stop army
time grow time stop time
Other words: humans.

Both words in one sentence

  • Western Animation / Dexter's Laboratory Then Mandark gets it later when he actually tries to stop Bedaxtra as well and instead makes him grow.
    Source: Western Animation / Dexter's Laboratory
  • Appeal to Worse Problems Sure, your hair might grow back one day, but will it grow back before school starts next week." The end of the sidebar, however, reads "And stop whining about that haircut!
    Source: Appeal to Worse Problems
  • But they don’t all grow - they stop developing, at the age of two years or one year or six months or a month; some of them even stop growing in the womb and have to be aborted.
    Source: Literature / Xeelee Sequence
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