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What does " establish" mean in this sentences?

President Roosevelt was keenly interested in improvement. He authorized a separate agency for intelligence in June 1941, but it needed time to establish itself and contributed little that year.

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  • 1 year ago

    It means to become productive enough to actually do the job it was created to do.

  • Vivian
    Lv 5
    1 year ago

    Establish means as: "...it needed time to 'set up' itself and contributed little that year."

  • 1 year ago

    Put down roots, get up to speed.

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