verb #Idioms #English #esl

take root {v. phr.}

1. To form roots so as to be able to live and grow.

We hope the transplanted apple trees will take root.

1. To be accepted; to be adopted; to live and succeed in a new place.

Many European customs failed to take root in the New World.

The immigrants to our country took root and began to think of themselves as Native Americans. Categories: verb world