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root for

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

To support (a favored person, team, or result).

informal, transitive

Equivalents

18 more languages
Azərbaycan diliazarkeşlik etməktutmaq
Bosanskinavijati
Catalàanimar
Ελληνικάυποστηρίζω
Suomikannattaakannustaa
Galegoalentaranimar
Hrvatskinavijati
Magyardrukkol
Italianofare il tifotifare
日本語応援
Kurdîhêja
Nederlandssupporteren
Polskidopingowaćkibicować
Portuguêsanimartorcer
Русскийболетьтопить
Српскиnavijati
Svenskahålla påheja
Українськаболіти

Examples

“I'm rooting for my cousin's team.”
“I'm rooting for a happy ending to this story.”
“Homer, we can't root for one child over the other. You wouldn't like⟳ it if the kids played favorites with us.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

root out root up root-caused root-causes root-causing rootch

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