take root

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   to develop roots

   ..it's gonna fly off, land, take root and spawn...

In the movies · 5

• ..it's gonna fly off, land, take root and spawn...24 Hour Party People2002
• And slowly, the bitter seeds of civil war took root.How the West Was Won1962
• The principles of equality and freedom never have taken root there.The Stranger1946
• but you should take true root by the fair weather that you make yourself.Much Ado About Nothing1993

Learn it in full scenes

• 24 Hour Party People2002
  • Tony Wilson Names the Factory
  • Tony Wilson Names Joy Division
  • Tony Wilson Announces the US Tour
• Much Ado About Nothing1993
  • Beatrice and Benedick's Merry War
  • Beatrice and Benedick Trade Insults
  • Benedick Scorns Hero and Marriage

From the same entry

• put down roots
• root and branch
• root for
• root out
• root to
• root up