Taking root and reaping rewards

Seeds (s)

The start of an idea or feeling

The seeds of success

The seeds of discontent

The seeds of revolution

Root (s)

The origins of sth

Going back to your roots

Going back to the place where your family came from

The root of a problem

The roots of a tradition

Putting down roots

Settling down and making your home in one place

Take roots

An idea becomes known/accepted

Grassrots supporter

Organisation/society: the ordinary people in it, not the leader

Deeply/firmly rooted

Stem

To signify that sth originates in sth else

Nipped in the bud

Flower before it opens/stopped before it develops into sth

budding

Showing promise of future development

A branch

Sth that grows off

Brances out

From a main organisation

Brances of a shop

Business branching out into new directions

Weed out

Get rid of

Prune back

Cut/limit

Be reaping the rewards of

Is getting results from

Reaping what we sowed

Experiencing the logical results of our actions (negative context)

Dig up

Discover

germinate

Begin to develop

Sprout up

Appear quickly in large number

flourish

Do very well

Green shoots

First signs that the economy is improving

shed

Lose

Shed employees/jobs

(company)

Shed worries/inhibitions/weight

(people)

Thrive/thrive on

Grow/develop well and successfully

Fade

Becoming smaller

e.g: Hopes of finding survivors are fading

shrivel

Becoming less

e.g: Revenues/donations/profits have shrivelled in recent years

wilt

Lose enegy

A withering glance/look/remark

Make the recipient feel scorned