I. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
child
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She lives in Thames Ditton with her husband, Paul and three grown-up children .
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She was 46 with 3 grown-up children .
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Mr Morgan, who was married with three grown-up children , had returned briefly to school after a period of illness.
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Anyway, the daughter now has grown-up children and is living in Launceston.
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Thirty years on, with two grown-up children , they're still together.
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A native of Wexford, Joe is married with two grown-up children .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Our children are all grown-up now.
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She has three grown-up sons.
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The movies deals with grown-up subjects such as sex and domestic violence.
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They have three grown-up children who live in other states.
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This was the first grown-up party she'd ever been to.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But he was the first grown-up person who assumed I could discuss ideas.
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But what is it doing in a grown-up hotel bar?
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Her husband and grown-up daughter also work on the place.
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Mr Morgan, who was married with three grown-up children, had returned briefly to school after a period of illness.
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Not one word about the butterfly, or her cleverness - only grown-up talk.
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She lives in Thames Ditton with her husband, Paul and three grown-up children.
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She was talking to him as if he was grown-up and it made him feel uncomfortable.
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The channel has lost its amateur status and become a grown-up , professional outfit.
II. noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Grown-ups are so boring! All they ever do is talk!
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At home there was always a grown-up to turn to if you were in trouble.
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I wish my parents would treat me like a grown-up for a change.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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All the grown-ups clapped their hands.
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All the grown-ups smiled in that boring way they have when little girls are being exceptionally sick-making.
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Do grown-ups naturally help children learn in their everyday lives?
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For example, the child considers it wrong to lie to his parents and other grown-ups but not to his comrades.
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July Good month for the grown-ups.
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Most of all, Lieberman spoke as a grown-up .
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So give the kids cash for a pizza delivery, and let the grown-ups enjoy a relaxing meal in the shade.
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Their unity made them seem like grown-ups.