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

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

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

"When young girls and non-binary kids see themselves on those stages they'll know those stages are for them, and that's when true equality in music will start to take root."

From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2025

He said he agrees with the Tachi Yokut Tribe that restoring part of the lake would improve life in the valley and allow its original ecosystem to take root again.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2025

Neither he nor his mother realizes it, but this kernel of an idea will take root.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario

Related Words

• burgeon
• germinate
• grow