to root
- verb
- /ruːt/
- US
- I'll be rooting for you.
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Watch on YouTubeSenator, Dinosaurs are somewhere rooting for us.
- Senator, Dinosaurs are somewhere rooting for us.
- It is a slow clap that's just you rooting for you.
- Tucker's job is to pissed off rooting for your team and to come back and watch the next game.
Examples
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For the record, I'm rooting for you.
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Who are you rooting for?
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I need you to root for me.
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Everybody rooted for the Yankees.
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We were really rooting for you girls.
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No one's rooting for your boys more than me.
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I was rooting for you the whole time.
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We're all rooting for you back here," Agent Banish nodded and said, "I know you are."
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I'm rooting for you.
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I will always root for my favorite team during the championship game.
Synonyms
To shout to show support for someone or something
To cheer for a person or team so they do well
Support someone in a competition or hard situation
To cheer for someone loudly to show support
Antonyms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
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All the parts under the ground of a plant that hold it in soil and take water
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A plant root people believe has magical or healing powers that people sometimes use as a drug
A plant root used to add a sweet, slightly bitter flavor to candies, drinks, and medicine
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A plant with a large part under the ground that people eat, like a potato or carrot
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A group of nerve fibers at the back of the spinal cord that carry messages about feeling into it
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A group of nerves at the back of the spine that carries feeling from the body to the spinal cord
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A thin thread on a plant root that takes in water and nutrients from the soil
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Many thin roots growing abnormally near a plant's base, often caused by a disease called crown gall
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A plant that lives many years with a thick knotted yellow underground stem and large rounded leaves
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A part of a plant that grows from a stem or leaf instead of the main root
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A nerve that comes out of the spinal cord, joins another nerve, and carries messages to and from the body
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A part of a plant that grows from the stem above ground and holds the plant in place
A tall plant with spikes of small white or purple flowers that lives for many years
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The front branch of a spinal nerve that sends movement signals to muscles
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A North American plant with strong tasting roots used to flavor food or as medicine
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A small plant with grasslike leaves whose bitter root was used to treat stomach pain
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A fungus that attacks the roots of apple trees and makes them rot
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A fungus that infects plant roots and causes brown rot in crops like peas or potatoes
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Pain, weakness, and numbness in the neck and arm from a pinched nerve
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A number that makes a square matrix have determinant zero when subtracted from its diagonal entries
A plant that lives for several years with divided leaves and hanging brown-purple and orange-pink flowers
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A hairy plant from Europe and Asia with small yellow flowers and a root used in old medicines
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A wildflower without leaves that gets food from fungi and grows from a hard mass of roots underground
A small European plant like cress with knotted white roots that grows in damp places
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A North American wild plant with toothed leaves and strong smelling roots used to add taste or to treat illness
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A small North American orchid with yellowish-brown flowers marked by dark veins, found from Arizona to the eastern United States
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A North American orchid with pale yellow or green stems and almost no leaves
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A North American plant with small white flowers sometimes used in herbal medicine
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A nerve branch at the front of the spinal cord that carries signals to muscles
A North American wild plant with long clusters of small flowers once used as medicine
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A small group of cells at the tip of a plant root that protects it as it grows through soil
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A mountain plant with thick pink-tipped leaves and yellow flowers used in herbal medicine
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A plant with almost no leaves and pale yellow-green stems and flowers
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A North American plant with strong spicy roots used for food and medicine
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A North American plant with small white flowers whose roots people use in cough medicines
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A plant from eastern North America with small white flowers and roots used in medicine
A rough wild plant from eastern North America with large leaves and purple or dull red flowers
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A climbing plant whose root has a poison used to stun fish and kill insects
A small plant with leafless stems that grows in North American forests and has white flowers with purple spots
A wildflower with almost no leaves, red stems, and pale pink flowers with brown stripes
How Supportive
Surface Forms
Etymology
To root for someone meaning 'to cheer' likely began as informal talk for loud support, and a helpful way to remember it is to think of 'rooting' as giving strong 'support' to a person or team.