prendere piede

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Italian

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Etymology

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Literally, to take foot.

Verb

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prèndere piede (first-person singular present prèndo piede, first-person singular past historic prési piede, past participle préso piede, auxiliary avére)

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) to catch on
    Synonyms: attecchire, affermarsi, diffondersi, imporsi
    • 2019, George Orwell, translated by Nicola Gardini, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Mondadori:
      In un certo senso, la filosofia del Partito prendeva più facilmente piede tra quelli che non la capivano.
      In a way, the world-view of the Party imposed itself most successfully on people incapable of understanding it.
      (literally, “In a certain sense, the Party's philosophy caught on most easily among those who did not understand it.”)