Words that need to be taken out behind teh woodshed and shot in the face

[Carruthers]

'Grow the business'.

I realise that any argument against this usage is unlikely to get very far on purely grammatical grounds so I'll have to try something else.
I find it extremely irritating.

You can grow old, you can grow spuds (preferably Jersey Royals), but you cannot grow a business.
I do not advocate the use of deadly force, but it should at least be summoned to the headmaster's study and given a stern talking to.

I have spoken.