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put down rootsTo do things which show that one wishes to stay put.Rate it:

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grass rootsPeople and society at the local level rather than at the national centre of political activity.Rate it:

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grass rootsThe essential foundation or source of something.Rate it:

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pluck upTo remove by plucking from e.g. the ground.Rate it:

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pluck upto become more cheerfulRate it:

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pluck upTo muster; summon positive emotionRate it:

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pluck upTo sign; purchase a player.Rate it:

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put down rootsTo feel that one belong in a place.Rate it:

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a carpet-baggerA candidate for election who has no roots or interest in the constituency he wishes to represent. The original meaning was a Unionist financier or adventurer who exploited the cheap labour in the American South after the Civil War. The carpet bags carried by these adventurers were made of carpet material.Rate it:

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root upTo dig or pull up by the roots; to deracinate.Rate it:

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against the grainUnwillingly, reluctantly. It went much against the grain with him, i.e. it was much against his inclination, or against his pluck.Rate it:

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avoir maille à partir avec quelqu'unTo have a bone to pick (a crow to pluck) with some one.Rate it:

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signa convellere (vid. sect. XVI. 6, note signa...)to pluck up the standards out of the ground (to begin the march).Rate it:

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