Work & careers

grow into

gradually become comfortable with

If you grow into a role or situation, you gradually become more comfortable and capable in it.

B2 common speech & writing

expression

Hear it in real life

How is the management position going?

Better now - I am slowly growing into it.

Play the conversation

She was nervous at first, but she has really grown into her new role.

The mistake everyone makes

Not: I have grown in my new job.

Say: I have grown into my new job.

Use 'grow into' when you mean gradually becoming comfortable or suited to a role or situation.

Build it

How it fits in a sentence.

grow into a role; grow into something; have grown into something

Your turn: say it out loud

She was nervous at first, but she has really grown into her new role.

Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.

grow into

gradually become comfortable with

“She was nervous at first, but she has really grown into her new role.”

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