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

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

A culture of reputational defensiveness was able to take root, and false narratives were re-run.

From BBC • Sep. 15, 2025

But it’s also why Nobu needed to come to Beverly Hills for his concept take root — not just any Los Angeles but the ’80s-era boomtown of power lunches and spend-to-impress dining.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 3, 2025

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

Related Words

• burgeon
• germinate
• grow