take shape

Idioms  

1. Also, shape up. Turn out, develop, acquire a distinctive form, as in Her reelection campaign is already taking shape, two years before the election, or Can you tell us how the book is shaping up? The first term dates from the mid-1700s and the variant, originally put as shape out, from about 1600.

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Example Sentences

With this approach, they found that well before the genome fully activates -- a milestone known as Zygotic Genome Activation -- an elaborate 3D scaffold of DNA is already taking shape.

From Science Daily

It takes shape in service, compassion and engagement with the world around us.

From The Wall Street Journal

The 35-year-old sculptor's studio brims with cogs, chains, hubcaps and engine parts as his hulking creations -- a lion with a mane of twisted steel, a giant Tyrannosaurus rex and a towering Optimus Prime -- take shape.

From Barron's

If the stock stabilizes here, a double bottom formation could take shape in the second half of the year.

From Barron's

The Jacksonville Jaguars will play two games in London this year, the NFL announced Wednesday, as the 2026 season's expanded calendar of international games takes shape.

From Barron's

Related Words

• brew
• come on
• dominate
• emerge
• hover
• mount
• overshadow
• portend
• soar
• stand out
• threaten