grow from
phr. v..phr. v.. to develop or start because of something else that happened before.
phr. v.. to originate or develop from a specific source, experience, or preceding event; often used to describe the evolution of ideas or relationships.
Great ideas often grow from small mistakes.
Their successful business partnership actually grew from a chance meeting at a local coffee shop.
The current political movement grew from a widespread sense of economic frustration that had been building for several decades.
- Particles
- from
- Separability
- inseparable
- Pattern
- grow + from + object
usually followed by a noun representing the source or origin.
contrast with 'result from' to show that 'grow from' implies a more organic or gradual development process.
The project grew of a simple idea.The project grew from a simple idea.the preposition 'from' is required to indicate the source or origin in this context.