Root for meaning
Root for is a phrasal verb that means to openly support the success of a person, team, or other thing.
- Past simple
- rooted for
- Past participle
- rooted for
- -ing form
- rooting for
What root for means
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To openly support the success of a person, team, or other thing
Everyone in the village was rooting for the local runner.
Similar phrasal verbs
With for: call for, care for, look for, do for, feel for, file for, go for, live for, make for, think for yourself.
Common questions
What does root for mean?
To openly support the success of a person, team, or other thing.
What is the past tense of root for?
Rooted for, which is also its past participle.
Meanings and examples are written by Retite. The meanings follow Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0). Levels are based on the CEFR-J Wordlist and set by Retite.
