take by storm

Idioms and Phrases

Make a vivid impression on, quickly win popular acclaim or renown, as in The new rock group took the town by storm . This usage transfers the original military meaning of the phrase, “assault in a violent attack,” to more peaceful endeavors. [Mid-1800s]

Example Sentences

“Take by storm is definitely a good description,” Robins said.

From Washington Post

A generation after Marx's death, the sovereignty of Capital shrinks visibly, works' committees and shops' stewards interfere with the productive processes, Socialists and Labour men fill the Parliaments, working men and their representatives rise to or take by storm the highest position of political power in States and Empires.

From Project Gutenberg

Fortune—The aggregate ov possibilitys; a goddess whom cowards count by stealth, but whom brave men take by storm.

From Project Gutenberg

They turned only when Summerlad unwisely, losing patience, sought to take by storm the lips she had not yet made up her mind to surrender, and thus aroused resistance till then dormant.

From Project Gutenberg

On the 13th of January 946, Abū Yazīd shut up Qā’im’s forces in Susa which he began to besiege, and attempted to take by storm.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

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• hijack
• impound
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• occupy
• overrun
• take
• take over