Grammar fix

grow apart

become less close

To slowly lose a close relationship with someone, often because your lives or interests change.

phrasal verbB2common

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.relationships
I think it's common for people to grow apart from their friends when they go to university, because their lives change so much.IELTS speaking

Pattern: grow apart (from someone)

WrongMy best friend and I grew apart from each other.

RightMy best friend and I grew apart.

'Grow apart' is intransitive and already mutual — don't add 'from each other'.

Patterngrow apart (from someone)

Choose the version that sounds natural in speech.

Stiff Over time, we became emotionally distant from each other.

Natural We just grew apart over the years.

'Grow apart' gently captures a friendship fading. 'Became emotionally distant' is clinical.

Words that usually travel with it.

Unlike 'break up', which means to end a relationship, 'grow apart' means to slowly lose closeness, but you might still be in contact.