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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Example Sentences

One of the biggest public investors in the world has trimmed its exposure to U.S. assets in yet another indication that the “sell America” trade is taking root in global capital markets.

From Barron's

One of the biggest public investors in the world has trimmed its exposure to U.S. assets in yet another indication that the “sell America” trade is taking root in global capital markets.

From Barron's

Scientists pointed out that Alcatraz is much smaller than Angel Island — 22 acres versus 740 — and said it’s unclear whether a coyote pack would take root in such a tiny territory.

From Los Angeles Times

Fr Sebastian says that apathy takes root when there's a lack of understanding about the child's reality and the spirit of the law.

From BBC

Yet it was precisely this world—hierarchical, steeped in pageantry, encouraging of free inquiry and progress—that produced the Industrial Revolution and the republican structure of government that took root in the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• burgeon
• germinate
• grow