root on

Verb

Meaning

spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

barrack inspire urge cheer exhort pep up urge on barracking

Hypernyms

encourage

Hyponyms

cheerlead

Examples

The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers Source: Internet

Both take root on the lake bottom and are beneficial to fish and waterfowl. Source: Internet

A student-led organization, "Increasing Harvey Mudd's Traditional Practices" (IHTP), works to revive college traditions that have slowly faded over the years, and also starts new traditions that the group hopes to see take root on campus. Source: Internet

Tony Goodwin battles a large root on the new part of the Jackrabbit. Source: Internet

Major cities, such as Ur and Uruk, took root on tributaries of the Euphrates, while others, notably Lagash, were built on branches of the Tigris. Source: Internet

Industrialisation has barely taken root on the African continent and this nascent industry is already facing an imminent threat from the robots. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

root of scarcity root of the word root of unity root out root parsley root position