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Root for   /rut fɔr/   Listen
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verb
1.
Take sides with; align oneself with; show strong sympathy for.  Synonym: pull.  "I'm pulling for the underdog" , "Are you siding with the defender of the title?"






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... skin just before serving, and let them be quite hot and clear. Or roast three large onions, and peel off the outer skins till they look clear; and serve round them the stewed beet root. The root must not be broken before it is dressed, or it will lose its colour, and look ill.—To preserve beet-root for winter use, they should not be cleared from the earth, but kept in ...
— The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, • Mary Eaton

... distinguished this root "yuj samadhau" (yuj in the sense of concentration) from "yujir yoge" (root yujir in the sense of connecting). Yuj in the first sense is seldom used as a verb. It is more or less an imaginary root for the etymological derivation of the word yoga [Footnote ...
— A History of Indian Philosophy, Vol. 1 • Surendranath Dasgupta



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