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TAKE (SMTH.) BY STORM

to overwhelm someone or smth., often by becoming famous quickly (1), or by spreading very rapidly (2)
 TAKE (SMTH.) BY STORM
1. The Beatles were rock musicians who took the world by storm in the 1960s.
2. Fear of the disease spread across the country very quickly. Panic took the nation by storm 89


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