put down roots

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put down roots

verb puts down roots · putting down roots · put down roots

  1. idiomatic To establish oneself in a place; to become settled. It might be hard for her to leave London after all these years: she's put down roots there.

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verb to become settled

Españolechar raíces, enraizar
한국어뿌리를 내리다 ppuri-reul naerida
Françaisprendre racine, s'enraciner
DeutschWurzeln schlagen
Italianomettere radici, sistemarsi
Русскийпуска́ть ко́рни puskátʹ kórni, пусти́ть ко́рни pustítʹ kórni

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@misc{put_down_roots_2026,
  title = {put down roots},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/put%20down%20roots},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}