take shape

Idioms  

1. 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.

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Example Sentences

Here, Slot's selection carried a wider significance, not in drawing Salah's magnificent Anfield career to a close, but in indicating how the manager's £450m summer evolution may eventually take shape without the great Egyptian.

From BBC

The revelations in “The Dentist” occur not in the heavens, however, but in the interview room where Mr. Sullivan’s intricate plot takes shape.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Conversations with managements of leading consumer enterprises suggest that tariff- driven price adjustments are taking shape, and are likely to continue over the next several months.”

From MarketWatch

Their findings, published in Science Translational Medicine, offer the most detailed view to date of how RA takes shape.

From Science Daily

The innovation is exciting, but the investment opportunities are still taking shape.

From MarketWatch

Related Words

• brew
• come on
• dominate
• emerge
• hover
• mount
• overshadow
• portend
• soar
• stand out
• threaten