Thesaurus / put down roots
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synonyms for put down roots
- continue
- delay
- hang
- last
- linger
- remain
- reside
- settle
- stand
- stick around
- stop
- abide
- bide
- bunk
- dally
- endure
- halt
- hover
- lag
- loiter
- nest
- outstay
- pause
- perch
- procrastinate
- reprieve
- respite
- roost
- sojourn
- squat
- sweat
- tarry
- establish oneself
- hang about
- hang around
- hang in
- hang out
- hold the fort
- sit tight
- stay out
- stay put
- sweat it out
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.
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How to use put down roots in a sentence
He was voluble in his declarations that they would “put the screws” to Ollie on the charge of perjury.
THE BONDBOYGEORGE W. (GEORGE WASHINGTON) OGDENThe bride elect rushes up to him, and so they both step down to the foot-lights.
PHYSIOLOGY OF THE OPERAJOHN H. SWABY (AKA "SCRICI")Each day she resolved, "To-morrow I will tell Felipe;" and when to-morrow came, she put it off again.
RAMONAHELEN HUNT JACKSONThis is the place where the Muscovite criminals are banished to, if they are not put to death.
THE LIFE AND MOST SURPRISING ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE, OF YORK, MARINER (1801)DANIEL DEFOEI take the Extream Bells, and set down the six Changes on them thus.
TINTINNALOGIA, OR, THE ART OF RINGINGRICHARD DUCKWORTH AND FABIAN STEDMANOf course, considerations of weight have to be taken into account, but the more mould round the roots the better.
HOW TO KNOW THE FERNSS. LEONARD BASTINHis wife stood smiling and waving, the boys shouting, as he disappeared in the old rockaway down the sandy road.
THE AWAKENING AND SELECTED SHORT STORIESKATE CHOPINSo he bore down on the solemn declaration that she stood face to face with a prison term for perjury.
THE BONDBOYGEORGE W. (GEORGE WASHINGTON) OGDENDo not the widow's tears run down the cheek, and her cry against him that causeth them to fall?
THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSIONVARIOUSLet them open their minds to us, let them put upon permanent record the significance of all their intrigues and manœuvres.
THE SALVAGING OF CIVILISATIONH. G. (HERBERT GEORGE) WELLSWORDS RELATED TO PUT DOWN ROOTS
- abide
- bide
- bunk
- continue
- dally
- delay
- endure
- establish oneself
- halt
- hang
- hang about
- hang around
- hang in
- hang out
- hold the fort
- hover
- lag
- last
- linger
- loiter
- nest
- outstay
- pause
- perch
- procrastinate
- put down roots
- remain
- reprieve
- reside
- respite
- roost
- settle
- sit tight
- sojourn
- squat
- stand
- stay out
- stay put
- stick around
- stop
- sweat
- sweat it out
- tarry
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.