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put down roots
verb as in settle
verb as in stay
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He got a job as a cook in a local hotel, which was reportedly haunted, and began tentatively to put down roots.
It allows families to put down roots, communities to grow, and poor children to attend the same public schools as rich kids.
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On this page you'll find 75 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to put down roots, such as: establish, live, abide, colonize, dwell, and inhabit.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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