at the root

Synonyms

root canal

Antonyms

vestige

Examples

For every thousand hacking at the leaves of evil, there is one striking at the root. Henry David Thoreau

I think it's bad to talk about one's present work, for it spoils something at the root of the creative act. It discharges the tension. Norman Mailer

Radical simply means "grasping things at the root." Angela Davis

The love of truth lies at the root of much humor. Robertson Davies

There is an excess of familiarity at the root of all hostility. Algerian Proverb

Let's face the facts and get at the root of trouble. American Proverb

Words in the phrase

at the root

Close letter words and terms

at the ripe old age of at the risk of at the roller rink at the salt mine at the same conditions at the same location