growing pains

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growing pains (enc)

Noun	1.	growing pains - pain in muscles or joints sometimes experienced by children and often attributed to rapid growth hurting, pain - a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder; "the patient developed severe pain and distension"
	2.	growing pains - emotional distress arising during adolescence painfulness, pain - emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid; "the pain of loneliness"
	3.	growing pains - problems that arise in enlarging an enterprise (especially in the early stages) trouble, problem - a source of difficulty; "one trouble after another delayed the job"; "what's the problem?"

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