Definition
To seize, overpower, or captivate in a sudden and forceful manner.
To rapidly gain great popularity in (a place).
Origins
Compare English blitzkrieg.
In Context
- "[A] startling interruption occurred at that moment, which took their whole attention by storm."
- "How I looked while these ideas were taking my spirit by storm, I cannot tell."
- "This obscure reference ["Blind Tom"] applies to a blind negro musician who took the world by storm in the latter half of the nineteenth century."
- "Beatlemania took England and Europe by storm and proceeded to inundate American teenagers."