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Growing pains

noun

Pain in muscles or joints sometimes experienced by children and often attributed to rapid growth.

Emotional distress arising during adolescence.

Problems that arise in enlarging an enterprise (especially in the early stages).

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"Growing pains" Quotes from Famous Books

... fixedly beneath bent brows. "Poor little Two Shoes!" he said gravely. "So soon! It hurts, Two Shoes, but it's good in the end. Growing pains, ...

— Sisters Three • Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey

... such fancies in our heads that night, had we? We didn't think that each side road we passed looked as if it led to fairyland—more fools we! But I was always a fool. I see that now, when my brain is suddenly seized with growing pains. ...

— The Lightning Conductor Discovers America • C. N. (Charles Norris) Williamson and A. M. (Alice Muriel)

Words linked to "Growing pains" : hurting, painfulness, trouble, problem, pain