rootfast
/ˈruːtfɑːst/ /ˈruːtfast/Now rare (chiefly poetic and archaic in later use)
adjective
Firmly held by the roots. Frequently (and in earliest use) figurative : securely established; firmly fixed.
Origin
Old English; earliest use found in The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. From root + fast. Originally perhaps after early Scandinavian, although compare earthfast. In later use apparently re-formed in the 19th cent.
- have a way with one
- have a whale of a time
- have a will of one's own
- have a word
- have a word in someone's ear
- have bats in the (or one's) belfry
- have-been
- have been around
- have been around the block (a few times)
- have been known to do something
- have been there before
- have blood on one's hands
- have clean hands
- have designs on
- have every confidence in
- have everything
- have eyes bigger than one's stomach (or belly)
- have eyes in the back of one's head
- have eyes like a hawk
- have eyes like saucers
- have got
- have-got
- have (got) a good head on one's shoulders
- have (got) another think coming
- have got it bad (or badly)