Idioms

rooting interest

rooting interest

A strong desire to support a particular person or group. Primarily heard in US. My brother is a huge sports fan and has a rooting interest in all our local teams. I have a rooting interest in that candidate and am going to be campaigning for her.
See also: interest, root
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References in periodicals archive
So are Reds fans who have a new, unexpected rooting interest. Aquino spent six years at rookie or Single-A ball struggling to hit, but a change that opened his stance helped him become an International League All-Star in line for his promotion.
Chris Iannetta, the Rockies catcher, made convincing points the other day about why fans should have a rooting interest in what's going on behind baseball's discouraging labor scene.
That certainly heightens my rooting interest, and I hope it does the same for you.
Highly specific to L.A., for good and ill, the show revolves around frequently irritating protagonists that will present a challenge to viewers' rooting interest, but there are enough moments of sheer awkwardness and bawdy humor to make this a series a core audience should be able to like, if not, you know, love.
Simian, which means you may have a rooting interest in this so-so drama with Zac Efron playing a dance-music DJ (or aspiring DJ).
Blount downplayed any extra rooting interest he might have in the wild-card game involving the Pittsburgh Steelers, who released him 24 hours after he expressed his displeasure with a lack of playing time by leaving the field before the conclusion of a win over the Tennessee Titans on Nov.
"We want to widen the net by growing the sport and creating a rooting interest."
"But I know how much they love soccer and I don't think anything is going to get in the way of their rooting interest in a football team, or a soccer team, or whatever you want to call it.
As a proud alumnus of two historically Black universities, I have a rooting interest in the collective success of HBCUs.
"I think there's a rooting interest for her," he added.
Ryan Braun, the Hebrew Hammer and our main rooting interest, has nothing to be embarrassed about.
issues, as well as being a guidance center for rooting interest about the
He welcomed us into his home for dinner, invited us to local bar association functions, and developed a rooting interest in our intramural softball team.
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