root for

phrasal verb

rooted for; rooting for; roots for

: to express or show support for (a person, a team, etc.) : to hope for the success of (someone or something)

They always root for the home team.

Good luck on your upcoming show. Remember that we're all rooting for you.

Examples of root for in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Outside of a small section next to the Oregon band and some patches in the lower deck, the crowd was overwhelmingly wearing crimson and rooting for the Hoosiers. —The Athletic College Football, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2026

The movie’s stars, Bader and Bly, have great chemistry and make Poppy and Alex’s slow burn romance one worth rooting for. —Shannon Carlin, Time, 9 Jan. 2026

In what is surely the most pawsome news of the day, this means there's an entirely new, adorable, and totally adoptable lineup of furry players to root for. —Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Jan. 2026

Giants fans who want Harbaugh should be rooting for the Green Bay Packers to beat the Chicago Bears and the Buffalo Bills to beat the Jacksonville Jaguars, so that the Packers’ Matt LaFleur and the Bills’ Sean McDermott are not in jeopardy of immediate firings to clear the way for Harbaugh. —Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 8 Jan. 2026

Rhymes for root for

• abhor
• abor
• adore
• afore
• ardour
• ashore
• backdoor
• before
• bookstore
• candour
• centaur
• claymore