take shape

idiomatic phrase

: to assume a definite or distinctive form : to develop and become apparent or established

The plan is finally taking shape.

Edison's tireless work habits took shape during his childhood …

Paul Gray

The proto-planetary fragments crashed together, coalesced by gravity, and crashed again into other fragments, until they gradually took shape as the planets we know today.

M. Mitchell Waldrop

… the first half of the century, before the modern medical system took shape.

Geoffrey Cowley

Word History

First Known Use

1560, in the meaning defined above

单词	take shape
释义	take shape idiomatic phrase : to assume a definite or distinctive form : to develop and become apparent or established The plan is finally taking shape. Edison's tireless work habits took shape during his childhood … Paul Gray The proto-planetary fragments crashed together, coalesced by gravity, and crashed again into other fragments, until they gradually took shape as the planets we know today. M. Mitchell Waldrop … the first half of the century, before the modern medical system took shape. Geoffrey Cowley Word History First Known Use 1560, in the meaning defined above
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