Aug 4, 2011 · 2 "I'm rooting for you", in this context, root would be defined as follows: root /rut or, sometimes, rʊt/ [objectless verb] (1) to encourage a team or contestant by cheering or …

Dec 29, 2013 · I am familiar with the idiom “to root for something” meaning that I am hoping for something to happen or taking the side of something. But what does this have to do with roots? …

Feb 11, 2025 · You should say "I am rooting for you." The phrase "rooting for someone" means to support or cheer for them, especially in a competition or challenging situation.

I don't have time to do anything but comment right now, but it would be exceedingly helpful to provide a definition of what rooting means in a sports context, since that is the essence of the …

Aug 10, 2022 · 0 What does "rooting" mean in the following passage? .... If the sites we visit grow and shrink in popularity in a matter of years, we can't experience the same type of "rooting" we …

Aug 29, 2023 · If you are hoping someone will win, you are "rooting" for them. The term "rooting" comes from the idea of supporting or cheering for someone, often used in sports contexts.

Here, root means to "cheer for". It was perhaps most famously used in the 1908 song "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" in phrase "Let me root, root, root for the home team. If they don't win it's a …

Apr 28, 2022 · The correct spelling is rooting (cheering for a team). The spelling routing means directing.

Apr 28, 2022 · The slang spelling is root for a team, the same spelling as a plant's root.The spelling "route" is a highway or path, or to direct in a certain direction.

Aug 21, 2011 · I was rooting about in the OED and one definition is "The fact, condition, or position of being near or close by in space; nearness." Then in the citations for that definition they had: …