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grass roots

noun

1. the essential foundation or source

- the problem was attacked at the grass roots

• Hypernyms: ↑foundation

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

• Usage Domain: ↑plural, ↑plural form

• Hypernyms: ↑folk, ↑folks, ↑common people

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ˌgrass ˈroots [grass roots] (BrE) noun plural (often the grass roots)

ordinary people in society or in an organization, rather than the leaders or people who make decisions

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the grass roots of the party

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We need support at grass-roots level.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.