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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
grass roots
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ But even the grass roots of the club are sprouting.
▪ Fourth, don't always do a news release on all the grass roots activities.
▪ One had to return to grass roots.
▪ The charity is backed by staff from the grass roots to directorate level.
▪ The President continued to campaign at the grass roots.
▪ The stereotype of toughness also flourishes at the grass roots in party circles.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
grass roots

1766, literally; figurative use from 1901 in sense "fundamental level;" U.S. political sense of "the rank and file of the electorate" is attested from 1912; also grassroots.

Wiktionary
grass roots

n. 1 (context idiomatic English) People and society at the local (most basic) level rather than at the national centre of political activity 2 The essential foundation or source of something

WordNet
grass roots

  1. n. the essential foundation or source; "the problem was attacked at the grass roots"

  2. the common people at a local level (as distinguished from the centers of political activity)

Wikipedia
Grass Roots (TV series)

Grass Roots is an Australian television series produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation between 2000 and 2003.

Grass roots (disambiguation)

Grass roots may also refer to:

Grass Roots (film)

Grass Roots was a proposed clay animated film based on the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers underground comic strip created by Gilbert Shelton.

Grass Roots (novel)

Grass Roots is the fourth novel in the Will Lee series by Stuart Woods. It was first published in 1989 by Simon & Schuster. The novel takes place in Delano Georgia, some years after the events of Deep Lie. The story continues the story of the Lee family of Delano, Georgia. Will Lee is now working at his father's firm and running for the senate.

The novel was turned into a mini series.

Grass Roots (Andrew Hill album)

Grass Roots is the tenth album by American jazz pianist Andrew Hill featuring performances recorded in 1968 and released on the Blue Note label. The original album features Hill's quintet performing five original compositions and the 2000 CD reissue added three alternate takes and two additional compositions recorded by a sextet at an earlier session as bonus tracks.

Grass Roots (company)

Grass Roots is a global employee and customer engagement provider, specialising in employee solutions, customer engagement, promotions and incentives, and meetings and events. The Grass Roots Group PLC was founded in 1980 and is privately owned and is an associate of WPP Group. Grass Roots is headquartered in Tring, with a network of offices in 10 countries with over 1,000 employees. Client programmes are delivered in over 100 countries.

Grass Roots (Grass Roots album)

Grass Roots is the eponymous debut album by the free jazz collective quartet consisting of Sean Conly on bass, Alex Harding on baritone sax, Darius Jones on alto sax and Chad Taylor on drums. It was recorded in 2011 and released on the AUM Fidelity label.

Usage examples of "grass roots".

The dirt wall of the bank had caved in at one place, leaving an overhang thatched with tangled grass roots and matted old growth, and a fairly dry spot beneath.

She caught a glimpse of a peeper out of the corner of her eye, white and wriggly, squirming among the grass roots.

The valley land was deep and rich, but the foothills wore only a skin of topsoil no deeper than the grass roots.

Closer and closer still Zouga came up to him, almost point-blank range, less than twenty yards and at last he stopped and balanced on one of the little islands of grass roots.

This man had never eaten grass roots, much less gone empty of belly!