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'Titanic' movie 25 years later | Learn English phrasal verb 'root for'

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Root For

The expression root for is to hope that a person succeeds. The most common way to use this phrase is with sports, but it can be in life too. In the movie Titanic, we are rooting for Rose and Jack to be together. It's important to use root for when you don't have a say in the outcome.

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