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Root for
Root for verb - Take sides with; align oneself with; show strong sympathy for.
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
- We are forced to root for them, even if we feel that not only would the "hero" not be taken back — they absolutely shouldn't be.
Source: Why Would Anyone Take Him Back? - Ajin. It's hard to root for the characters most especially the main protagonist who ended becoming a Sociopathic Hero and both sides have very flimsy reasons to get back at each other.
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Calling her as a monster who should go back to the Hell she belongs is supposed to set him up as the Jerkass of the arc and make the reader root for the other party.
Source: Webcomic / Sinfest
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Root for and Back. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/back/root_for
Back & Root for. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/back/root_for>.
Root for or Back. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/back/root_for.
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