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Common collocations with grow in British Collocation

grow verb

UK /ɡrəʊ/

fast or by a large amount

apace
considerably
dramatically
enormously
exponentially
rapidly
significantly
strongly
substantially

The Catholic community in Edinburgh began to grow considerably in the mid 19th century.

in a steady way

constantly
continually
gradually
slowly
steadily

The numbers of people taking the course have grown steadily over the past few years.

confidence
importance
maturity
popularity
size
stature
strength

I hope this tournament will be run again next year as I can only see it growing in stature.