Idiom
take its rise
Meaning
To originate
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The river takes its rise in the high mountains.”
“The conflict takes its rise from a disagreement about land ownership many years ago.”
“Modern democratic theory takes its rise from the philosophical debates of the Enlightenment, which challenged the traditional authority of monarchs.”
Examples
simple
“The river takes its rise in the high mountains.”
contextual
“The conflict takes its rise from a disagreement about land ownership many years ago.”
complex
“Modern democratic theory takes its rise from the philosophical debates of the Enlightenment, which challenged the traditional authority of monarchs.”
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