taken shape
Materialized into form
Taken shape describes something that has begun to develop or become clear after a period of formation.
Ideas, plans, or projects take shape as they move from vague notions toward concrete form: The proposal has finally taken shape after months of discussion.
Physical things can also take shape, as when a sculptor's work emerges from raw material or a building rises from its foundation.
The phrase emphasizes gradual emergence rather than sudden appearance.
- emergedCame into view
- formulatedCreated through methodical planning
- developedGrew or advanced
- evolvedChanged through successive generations
- materializationComing into tangible existence
gelled · fleshed out · crystallization · formation · creating · outline · rough draft · solidified · coalesced · fallen into place · evolution · framework · big picture · contour · building · idea · game plan · concretized
taken shapefallen apart
Broken into pieces
disintegrated · stalled out · dissolved · come undone · collapsed
taken shapestalled
Stopped unexpectedly
collapsed · fallen through · languished · floundered · stagnated
take, taken, takes, taking, taker, takers, mistake, mistaken, overtake