Grammar fix
grow apart
become less close
To slowly lose a close relationship with someone, often because your lives or interests change.
Hear it in context
Notice where the phrase sounds natural.
After moving to different cities, we started to grow apart and didn't talk as much.
I think it's common for people to grow apart from their friends when they go to university, because their lives change so much.
Fix the pattern
One small grammar move makes it sound right.
Not: My best friend and I grew apart from each other.
Say: My best friend and I grew apart.
'Grow apart' is intransitive and already mutual — don't add 'from each other'.
Which sounds natural?
Tap the one a native speaker would say.
'Grow apart' gently captures a friendship fading. 'Became emotionally distant' is clinical.
Build natural chunks
Words that usually travel with it.
grow apart
- over the years
- slowly
- gradually
- since uni