grow cold

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Verb

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

1. (intransitive, idiomatic) To wane; to lose interest or enthusiasm for something or someone; to become disenchanted or to fall out of love with someone.
   • 1949, Jule Styne, Leo Robin (lyrics and music), “Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend”:

     Men grow cold as girls grow old / And we all lose our charms in the end.