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take root

 
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root
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part of speech: phrase
definition 1: to send out new roots; begin to grow or become fixed in the ground.
synonyms:
burgeon, germinate
definition 2: to become fixed, accepted, or established.
After several years the new ideas began to take root.
synonyms:
fix, take
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