Grown up
Both terms in one sentence
- Lewis, in a similar spirit, once said "When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up".
Source: Man Child / Web Comics -
After a timeskip, a grown up version of the boy who was rescued saves a man wearing the same necklace as the boy who rescued him, implying that this man and the boy were one and the same.
Source: Childhood Friend Romance - A lesser shock is when small children stop referring to one as a boy/girl/kid/etc and start referring to one as a man/woman/grown up/etc.
Source: Ma'am Shock
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Man and Grown up. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 28, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/grown_up/man
Grown up & Man. N.p., 2016. Web. 28 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/grown_up/man>.
Man or Grown up. 2016. Accessed July 28, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/grown_up/man.
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