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词汇 put down roots
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Idiom
put down roots
if you put down roots in a place, you do things which show that you want to stay there, for example making friends or buying a home.
It would be hard to leave Brighton after eleven years - he's put down roots there.
idiomput down roots1 to begin living in a place and decide that you are going to live there for a long time:A housing partnership is helping families put down roots in Middlesbrough, by offering low-cost housing.By the time the Home Office can review their cases, many asylum seekers have married, put down roots, sent their children to school here.2 if an organization, system, or plan puts down roots, it is accepted and becomes successful:The system of allowing librarians to control the supply of books in public libraries seems to have put down deep roots, even though it is absurd.In 1935, there were attempts to persuade Britain of the need to rearm, but the campaign put down few roots.

put down roots

To establish something, someone, or oneself as a permanent resident or establishment in a certain place. I'd been living in this country for a few years, but it wasn't until I had kids that I felt like I had really put down roots here. The company is keen to put down roots in the region, which they see as having huge untapped market potential.

put down roots

Settle somewhere, become established, as in We've put down roots here and don't want to move away. This metaphoric expression, first recorded in 1921, likens the rooting of a plant to human settlement.

put down roots

1. If you put down roots, you make a place your home, for example by making friends and taking part in activities there. Servicemen and women are rarely in the same place long enough to put down roots and buy their own home. When they got to Montana they stayed and put down roots.
2. If something puts down roots somewhere, it becomes firmly established there, so that it is likely to last and to be successful in the future. The party increased its share of the poll and also put down roots in areas where it had previously been weak or even non-existent. Democracy is finally putting down roots in the region.

put down roots

begin to lead a settled life in a particular place.

put down (new) ˈroots

go to live in a place and gradually become part of a local community: We’ve moved around a lot because of my job and it seems to get more difficult to put down new roots each time. OPPOSITE: pull up stakes

put down roots

To establish a permanent residence in a locale.
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