take an interest

Idioms  

1. Be concerned or curious, as in She really takes an interest in foreign affairs , or I wish he'd take an interest in classical music .

2. Share in a right to or ownership of property or a business, as in He promised to take an interest in the company as soon as he could afford to .

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Example Sentences

She was a more experienced writer who had no obvious reason to take an interest in someone who’d decided, against the advice of his high school English teacher, to do the same.

From Slate • Apr. 12, 2026

"We think it's going to set a new trend in local government where local people actually take an interest in how they're governed."

From BBC • Dec. 2, 2025

“He would take an interest in people, find out what they were about, build them up, encourage them and what they were into,” Proctor recalled.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2025

First, what made you take an interest in gulls?

From Salon • Nov. 16, 2024

But when he saw what Digory was looking at, even he began to take an interest.

From "The Magician's Nephew" by C. S. Lewis