Meanings
verbput down roots (third-person singular simple present puts down roots, present participle putting down roots, simple past and past participle put down roots)
present singular third person puts down roots · participle present putting down roots
- idiomaticTo establish oneself in a place; to become settled.
I haven't put down roots in this town yet, 'cause I've got trouble making friends here.
1 more example
It might be hard for her to leave London after all these years: she's put down roots there.
Translations
Danish slå rod
- slå rodto become settled
Finnish juurtua
- juurtuato become settled
French prendre racine, s'enraciner
- prendre racineto become settled
- s'enracinerto become settled
German Wurzeln schlagen
- Wurzeln schlagento become settled
Icelandic festa rætur
- festa ræturto become settled
Italian mettere radici, sistemarsi
- mettere radicito become settled
- sistemarsito become settled
Korean 뿌리를 내리다
- 뿌리를 내리다 (ppuri-reul naerida)to become settled
Persian ریشه دواندن
- ریشه دواندن (riše davândan)to become settled
Polish zapuszczać korzenie, zapuścić korzenie
- zapuszczać korzenieto become settled
- zapuścić korzenieto become settled
Russian пуска́ть ко́рни, пусти́ть ко́рни
- пуска́ть ко́рни (puskátʹ kórni)to become settled
- пусти́ть ко́рни (pustítʹ kórni)to become settled
Spanish echar raíces, enraizar
- echar raícesto become settled
- enraizarto become settled
Ukrainian пуска́ти корі́ння, пусти́ти корі́ння
- пуска́ти корі́ння (puskáty korínnja)to become settled
- пусти́ти корі́ння (pustýty korínnja)to become settled
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put down roots. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/put%20down%20roots
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“put down roots.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/put%20down%20roots. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
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