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root for

root for verb: to support (a favored person, team, or result).

Verb

root for (third-person singular simple present roots for, present participle rooting for, simple past and past participle rooted for)

  1. (informal, transitive) To support (a favored person, team, or result).
    • I'm rooting for my cousin's team.
    • I'm rooting for a happy ending to this story.

Synonyms of root for

Forms of root for

third-person singular presentroots for
present participlerooting for
past participlerooted for
pastrooted for

Questions about root for

What does root for mean?
Root for means to support (a favored person, team, or result).
What part of speech is root for?
Root for is a verb.
What is the past tense of root for?
The past tense of root for is rooted for.

Words near root for in the dictionary

  1. root extractions
  2. root field
  3. root fields
  4. root flies
  5. root fly
  6. root for
  7. root gap
  8. root gaps
  9. root hair
  10. root hairs
  11. root hardy

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