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 a few years for the concept to take root.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

It was not known how the fire started, but Bambang said the park was extremely dry as El Nino conditions take root in Indonesia.

From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026

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

Old Lord Merryweather’s inaction had allowed the rebellion to take root and spread, and Aerys wanted someone young and vigorous to match Robert’s own youth and vigor.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

Related Words

• burgeon
• germinate
• grow