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"grass roots" is a correct and usable phrase in written English
You can use it to refer to an activity that is based on the everyday people of a certain group or area, rather than the wealthy elite or official organizations. For example, "The campaign was successful because it was based on grass roots support from ordinary citizens in the community."
Idiom
Grass roots.
This idioms is often used in politics, where it refers to the ordinary people or voters.
Dictionary
grass roots
noun
People and society at the local (most basic) level rather than at the national centre of political activity
Exact(16)
"It is all grass roots.
"Grass roots," the makeshift congregation thundered.
Change the grass roots.
"It's grass roots.
Certainly none of them enthuses the grass roots.
The PfP remains, purposefully, small and grass roots.
Similar(44)
Grass-roots UMP dismay is huge.
"Can we mobilize grass-roots America?
But the effort would strengthen parties' grass-roots organisation.
Grass-roots work is necessary".
A single top-down unit or myriad grass-roots locals?
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