Usually means: Establish a stable, long-term base.
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  1. put down roots: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. put down roots: Merriam-Webster
  3. put down roots: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. put down roots: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. put down roots: Wiktionary
  6. put down roots: Dictionary.com
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▸ verb:  (idiomatic) To establish oneself in a place; to become settled.

Similar:
set in, install, settle in, take root, settle, take hold, locate, settle into, root, settle down, more...

Opposite:
uproot, move, transplant, displace

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Similar:
set in, install, settle in, take root, settle, take hold, locate, settle into, root, settle down, more...

Opposite:
uproot, move, transplant, displace



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