faire souche

• IPA^(key): /fɛʁ suʃ/

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faire souche

1. (figuratively) to hive off, to spread, to produce offspring, to start a line of descendants, to found a family, to establish a colony (somewhere)

   Synonym: essaimer

   faire souche quelque part ― to establish a colony somewhere

• prendre racine (“to put down roots”)