take shape

Idioms and Phrases

Also, shape up . Turn out, develop, acquire a distinctive form, as in Her reelection campaign is already taking shape, two years before the election , or Can you tell us how the book is shaping up? The first term dates from the mid-1700s and the variant, originally put as shape out , from about 1600.

Related Words

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