put down roots

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

put down roots (third-person singular simple present puts down roots, present participle putting down roots, simple past and past participle 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.

   I haven't put down roots in this town yet, 'cause I've got trouble making friends here.

Translations

to become settled

• Danish: slå rod
• Finnish: juurtua (fi)
• French: prendre racine (fr), s’enraciner (fr)
• German: Wurzeln schlagen
• Icelandic: festa rætur
• Italian: mettere radici, sistemarsi (it)
• Polish: zapuścić korzenie (pl) pf, zapuszczać korzenie (pl) impf
• Russian: пуска́ть ко́рни impf (puskátʹ kórni), пусти́ть ко́рни pf (pustítʹ kórni)
• Spanish: echar raíces (es), enraizar (es)

See also

• hang one's hat
• let the grass grow under one's feet

References

• “put down roots” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.