Champion
Root for
Root for verb - Take sides with; align oneself with; show strong sympathy for.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- advocate and champion
- advocate and root for
- encourage and champion
- encourage and root for
- patronize and champion
- patronize and root for
- uphold and champion
- uphold and root for
- promote and champion
- promote and root for
- sustain and champion
- sustain and root for
- support and champion
- support and root for
Both terms in one sentence
- Besides that he's from the Mets' home borough of Queens, there is no way that Spider-Man, champion of the underdog, the struggling survivor, the ne plus ultra of perseverance, would ever root for the Yankees.
Source: Game of Nerds
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