take root

Verb

Meaning

become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

root settle settle down steady down lodge take remain burgeon develop establish stay strike locate anchor reside
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Antonyms

move depart relocate resettle decamp move out
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Hypernyms

stabilize stabilise

Hyponyms

roost

Examples

To permit surveillance to take root on the Internet would mean subjecting virtually all forms of human interaction, planning, and even thought itself to comprehensive state examination. Glenn Greenwald

The destiny of Earthseed is to take root among the stars. Octavia Butler

A form of government that is not the result of a long sequence of shared experiences, efforts, and endeavors can never take root. Napoleon Bonaparte

Communism feeds on aggression, hatred, and the imprisonment of men's minds and souls. This shall not take root in the United States. Emanuel Celler

I have great confidence in the universal value and in basic human rights and I have great confidence that referenda will eventually take root and become part of our daily lives in Taiwan. Chen Shui-bian

Affliction is the wholesome soil of virtue, where patience, honor, sweet humility, and calm fortitude, take root and strongly flourish. David Mallet

Close letter words and terms

take revenge on take rise take risks take roots take satisfaction take satisfaction in