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Verb: take root  teyk root
  1. Become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style
    "After years of moving, they finally took root in a small town";
    - settle, root, steady down, settle down

Derived forms: taken root, takes root, took root, taking root

Type of: stabilise [Brit], stabilize