take root

They then seeded this 'soil' mixture and waited for the plants to take root.

But those gains were erased by the rising crack epidemic that took root, and once again, MacArthur Park was lost to the people who needed it most.

He’s the conflicted architect of a militarized theocracy that took root in America after a second civil war where the Constitution did not prevail.

Test results from this year revealed it had taken root in four more counties.

Sprawling homeless encampments took root in portions of the city once lively with workers and tourists, spilling trash and needles onto the sidewalks.