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grow cold

Verb

Meaning

grow cold (third-person singular simple present grows cold, present participle growing cold, simple past grew cold, past participle grown cold)

(intransitive, idiomatic) To wane; to lose interest or enthusiasm for something or someone; to become disenchanted or to fall out of love with someone.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

When Nations grow Old, The Arts grow Cold And Commerce settles on every Tree. William Blake

I wanted to do things to Richard that would make the sun grow cold with horror. Thomas Ligotti

People come, people go. Some grow young, some grow cold. Tom Petty

It is music that causes the heart to broaden and the listener to grow cold with ecstasy and fright. Carson McCullers

If the lips are gone, the teeth will grow cold. Chinese Proverb

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