semantic drift: "grow" = to enlarge or develop (a physical object) into a larger or more complex form

[Jonathan Lighter]

Inevitable, no?:
 
2008 http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=worlds-first-flying-saucer&sc=rss : Nothing new, they'll build a little flying model (as before) and then get stuck on growing it.
 
JL




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