takes root
Settles in permanently
Takes root describes something becoming established or beginning to grow.
The metaphor comes from plants sending roots into soil.
Ideas, movements, or feelings take root when they gain a foothold and start to develop: Democracy took root slowly in the region.
Fear had taken root in her mind.
Once something takes root, it becomes difficult to dislodge.
- settleReach final terms
- germinateBegin plant development
- belongBe rightly placed
- establishCreate formally, permanently
- sproutNew plant emergence
solidify · spread · propagate · embed · foothold · connect · entrench · cultivate · anchor · ground · adapt · flourish · dig in · firm footing · seedling · plant seeds · fertile ground · secure
- settling downmarriage, marries, homeownership, buying a house, starting a family
takes rootdies out
Completely disappears over time
withers away · fades away · disappears · vanishes · uproots
takes rootwithers
Shrinks from dryness
dies out · uproots · fades away · dies off · withers away
take, takes, took, taken, taking, taker, takers, takeover, takeaway