put down roots
Example Sentences
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The project pipeline is so long that some newcomers have put down roots.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 4, 2025
Instead, the family put down roots in Padthaway in South Australia, where Clarke would spend the rest of his childhood alongside his three younger siblings: Jodie, Aaron, and Angie.
From MarketWatch • Oct. 22, 2025
Although they may have gotten in trouble as youths, Urias said, many served their time and went on to get jobs and put down roots.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2025
Because many have been here for so long, Syrian families have put down roots, sending their children to Turkish schools and universities.
From BBC • Dec. 10, 2024
But I knew that with time they would put down roots, just like so many other families from so many other places.
From "Wishtree" by Katherine Applegate
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
