take root

Idioms  

1. Become established or fixed, as in We're not sure how the movement took root, but it did so very rapidly. This idiom transfers the establishment of a plant, whose roots settle into the earth, to other matters. [Late 1500s]

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take root

"That ultimately creates a kind of fertile ground where many good ideas can take root," he told AFP.

From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026

It took the arrival of Liberty and the series’ surge in popularity in the 2020s for the Apple relationship to take root.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026

A short walk along an irrigation canal leads to a weathered observation deck rising two stories above a patchwork of saturated flats where saltgrass, iodine bush and cattail take root.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 2026

It would take years, economists and business leaders say, to reorient global patterns of trade that took decades to take root.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 19, 2026

I am grateful for the clouds that prevent the sun from wilting their leaves before they take root again and resume their growing.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

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