Meaning of plant a seed | Babel Free

Definitions

To do something that will produce results or change in the future.

idiomatic

Examples

“My only regrets are that T2 failed to get to grips with the new era of #indyref and Scottish national identity – for which Renton’s famous “shite” speech helped plant a tiny seed in 1996 – and that the second film didn’t give the women characters much to do, especially the excellent Kelly Macdonald and Shirley Henderson.”

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