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Italian
Etymology
Literally, “to take foot”.
Verb
prèndere piede (first-person singular present prèndo piede, first-person singular past historic prési piede, past participle préso piede, auxiliary avére)
- (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.”)