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grass roots

  1. ☆ the common people, orig. those esp. of rural or nonurban areas, thought of as best representing the basic, direct political interests of the electorate
  2. ☆ the basic or fundamental source or support, as of a movement

Related Forms:

  • grass-roots grass′·-roots′ (gras′ro̵̅o̅ts′) adjective

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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