Emotions & feelings
give shape to something
make an idea concrete
To make an abstract feeling or idea clearer and more concrete by expressing or developing it.
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How did the project begin?
We used a few sketches to give shape to the idea.
Keeping a journal helped me give shape to feelings I could not explain.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: Give shape for an idea.
Say: Give shape to an idea.
This expression takes to, not for, before the idea or feeling being developed.
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How it fits in a sentence.
give shape to something; give something shape
Your turn: say it out loud
Keeping a journal helped me give shape to feelings I could not explain.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
give shape to something
make an idea concrete
“Keeping a journal helped me give shape to feelings I could not explain.”
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