go through a phase



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go through a phase

To experience or be in the midst of a temporary period of change, development, or fluctuation. I went through a phase of being obsessed with superhero movies this summer. Timothy has been really aggressive and demanding lately, but I think he's just going through a phase.
See also: phase

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Lucien-French
Kalin-Bulgarian
Hadia-Arabic
Yevgeniyayev-GYE-nee-yah, eev-GYE-nee-yahRussian
Vid-Slovene, Croatian, Hungarian
Alexeiah-lyek-SYAY (Russian), ah-leek-SYAY (Russian)Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian