TAKE ROOT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does take root mean? 

• TAKE ROOT (verb)
  The verb TAKE ROOT has 1 sense:

1. become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style

  Familiarity information: TAKE ROOT used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TAKE ROOT (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

root; settle; settle down; steady down; take root

Context example:

He finally settled down

Hypernyms (to "take root" is one way to...):

stabilise; stabilize (become stable or more stable)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take root"):

roost (settle down or stay, as if on a roost)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

 Context examples 

These circulating tumor cells (CTCs) can take root elsewhere, causing the spread of the cancer to other organs, a process called metastasis.

(Isolated cancer cells may lead to personalized treatments, NIH)