prendere forma

Italian

Etymology

Literally, “to take shape”. Compare French prendre forme.

Verb

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

1. (idiomatic) to take shape

   Synonym: prendere corpo

   • 2020, Barack Obama, chapter 11, in Chicca Galli, Paolo Lucca, Giuseppe Maugeri, transl., Una terra promessa [A Promised Land], Garzanti Libri:

     In larga parte, questo era il principio dietro il New Deal di Roosevelt, che aveva preso forma dopo il suo insediamento nel 1933, al culmine della Grande depressione.

     In large part, this was the principle behind FDR’s New Deal, which took shape after he took office in 1933, at the height of the Great Depression.

     (literally, “In large part, this was the principle behind Roosevelt's New Deal, that had taken shape after his taking office in 1933, at the height of the Great Depression.”)