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Phrase(s): grow away from someone
[for someone] to become less intimate with someone; [for someone] to become independent of someone gradually. • She has grown away from her husband over the years. • We expect our children to grow away from us., Phrase(s): grow away from something
[for something] to move away from something as it grows. • The tree grew away from the house—thank heavens. • See if you can train the vine to grow away from the fence.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs