grow into
InseparableThe verb and particle never split. The object always follows the whole phrase.
How to say it
Stress the particle, not the verb: grow INTO. Saying “GROW into” is the clearest learner tell — the verb stays light and the particle carries the beat.
A glide appears. Two vowels meet, so American English slips a /w/ between them: “grow into” → “grow-winto”. You do not insert it deliberately — it falls out of not stopping between the words.
2 meanings
- 1
To become big enough for something.
- “Buy the larger size — she'll grow into it.”
- 2
To gradually become comfortable in a role.
- “He's really grown into the job over the last year.”
Similar: settle into