put roots down

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put roots down (some place)

to settle down somewhere; to make a place one's permanent home. I'm not ready to put roots down anywhere yet. I'm ready to put down roots someplace. I want to settle down. I want to put roots down and buy a house.

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PUT ROOTS DOWN "As a general rule of thumb, big fat seeds like radishes are easiest to work with," Marcia says. The grass is always greener.. by Girls' Life Not that his inability to put roots down in the Midlands was anything to do with Villa manager Martin O'Neill, for whom Bardsley has plenty of admiration. Football: Phil's second city turn-off; I much prefer life in the ... by The Journal (Newcastle, England) It affects them emotionally and psychologically because they can't put roots down when they're in temporary accommodation. They are left home alone by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)			put one at ease put one foot in front of the other put one in place put one off stride put one on guard put one on honor put one through paces put oneself out put out a warrant put out feelers put out of put out of mind put out of misery put out of the way put out to pasture put over knee put over the top put own house in order put paid to put pen to paper put people or things together put people's heads together put plainly put pressure on put right put roots down put shirt on put shoulder to the wheel put some creature out of its misery put some distance between put some teeth into put teeth into Put that in your pipe and smoke it! put the arm on put the bite on put the blame on put the boot in put the brakes on put the cart before the horse put the cat among the pigeons put the chill on put the clamps on put the clock back put the fear of God in put the fear of God into put the feed bag on put the finger on Put the flags out! put the frighteners on put the heat on put the kibosh on			put paid to put paid to put paid to put paid to put paid to put pen to paper put pen to paper put pen to paper put pen to paper put pen to paper put pen to paper put people or things together put people's heads together put plainly put pressure on put pressure on Put Prevention Into Practice Put price Put Prices Put provision Put Provisions put questions to Put ratio backspread Put Ratio Backspreads put right put right put right put right put right put right put roots down put seal put seal put seal put seal put seal put seal on put seal on put seal on put seal on put seal on put shirt on put shirt on put shoulder to the wheel put shoulder to the wheel put shoulder to the wheel put shoulder to the wheel put shoulder to the wheel put side by side put some creature out of its misery put some distance between put some sweet lines on put some sweet lines on someone put some teeth into put someone behind bars put someone behind the eight ball put someone in put someone in a bad mood put someone in harm's way put someone in the hole put someone in the picture

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