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grown-up

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | 288 words | Copyright

grown-up • adj. adult: Joe is married with two grown-up daughters. ∎  suitable for or characteristic of an adult: it seems a grown-up thing to do. • n. an adult (esp. a child's word): I don't like it when grown-ups get all serious.

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