单词 | put down roots |
释义 | put down rootsSEE SYNONYMS FOR put down roots ON THESAURUS.COM 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. Words nearby put down rootsput back, put back the clock, put behind one, put by, put-down, put down roots, put forth, put forward, put hair on one's chest, put heads together, put ideas into someone's head The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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