B2idiompoliticsIELTS-friendly
at grassroots level
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among ordinary people in a community, not among the leaders
'Grassroots' also works alone: 'a grassroots campaign'. American English often says 'at the grassroots level'.
In context
Real change in education has to begin at grassroots level, in each school.
The charity works at grassroots level, teaching farmers in the Mekong Delta.
More idioms about politics
- a double standarda rule applied more strictly to one group than to another
- a grey areaa situation where the rules are unclear, so nobody is sure what is allowed
- a hidden agendaa secret reason or plan behind what someone says or does
- a hot potatoa difficult issue that people disagree about and nobody wants to deal with
- a lame ducka politician or government with little real power, often near the end of a term in office