- GREW
- Shot up
- Got big
- Sprouted
- Lengthened
- Matured, say
- Added inches
- Matured
- Got taller
- Got bigger
- Expanded
- Spread
- Went from tot to teen
- Developed
- __ out of (developed from)
- Enlarged
- Got off the ground?
- Multiplied
- Became an adult, with "up"
- Got larger
- Cultivated
- Mushroomed
- Increased
- Ballooned
- Sprang up
- Became
- Sprouted like a weed
- Became bigger
- Went up a size
- Increased in size
- Raised on a farm
- Rose
- Waxed
- Neared maturity
- Needed bigger shoes
- Increased in stature
- Filled out, maybe
- Burgeoned
- Gradually became
- Planted on a farm
- Shrank's opposite
- Former Ambassador to Tokyo.
- U.S. envoy the Japs sent home.
- Former Asst. Secy. of State.
- New Under-Secretary of State.
- Under-Secretary of State.
- Ambassador to Japan, 1932–41.
- Former Ambassador to Japan.
- Emulated Topsy.
- Topsy did.
- Flourished.
- Attained stature.
- Former U. S. Ambassador to Japan.
- Mounted.
- Prospered.
- Thrived.
- Accrued.
- Sprung up
- Rose gradually
- Accreted
- Increased, as the pot
- ___ up (matured)
- Snowballed
- Deepened
- Boomed
- Filled out
- Got longer, like Pinocchio's nose
- Opposite of contracted
- Evolved
- Went up
- What fanbase did after tour
- Changed since Grandma's last visit, say
- Achieved greater proportions
- Sprouted up
- Became too big for one's britches?
- Gained weight
- Became larger
- Branched out
- Became enlarged
- Increased, as an investment
- Produced, as crops
- Approached adulthood
- Increased, as in popularity
- Made it big, perhaps?
- Was a good investment
- Produced in the garden
- Did well, as an investment