English-Finnish translations for take root

• juurtua
  Emme saa antaa ennalta ehkäisevän sodan periaatteen juurtua mihinkään maailman kolkkaan, sillä se johtaa umpikujaan. Nowhere in the world can we allow the idea of pre-emptive war on terror to take root, for it leads down a dead end.
  Me olemme menneisyydessä joutuneet oppimaan liian usein, että jos me annamme terrorismin juurtua mihin tahansa maahan, se voi hyvin nopeasti levitä muihinkin maihin. We have learnt too often in the past that if we allow terrorism to take root in any one country, it can all too quickly be exported to other countries.
  Kun köyhillä on oma osansa taloudesta, silloin kansalaisyhteiskunta ja demokratiakin voivat juurtua.When the poor have an economic stake, then civil society and democracy will take root. These people will see the need for law and order and political representation.
• vakiintua

Definition of take root

• To grow roots into soil
• To become established, to take hold

Examples

• Those tulip bulbs have taken root
• The new regulations have yet to take root

Related words

• take across
• take roots
• take from behind
• take roll call
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• take it from me
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