change state, turn - undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election"

sober up, sober - become sober after excessive alcohol consumption; "Keep him in bed until he sobers up"

sober, sober up - become more realistic; "After thinking about the potential consequences of his plan, he sobered up"

work - arrive at a certain condition through repeated motion; "The stitches of the hem worked loose after she wore the skirt many times"

take effect - go into effect or become effective or operative; "The new law will take effect next month"

run - change from one state to another; "run amok"; "run rogue"; "run riot"

take - be seized or affected in a specified way; "take sick"; "be taken drunk"

break - come into being; "light broke over the horizon"; "Voices broke in the air"

settle - become resolved, fixed, established, or quiet; "The roar settled to a thunder"; "The wind settled in the West"; "it is settling to rain"; "A cough settled in her chest"; "Her mood settled into lethargy"

come - enter or assume a condition, relation, use, or position; "He came into contact with a terrorist group"; "The shoes came untied"; "I came to see his point of view"; "her face went red with anger"; "The knot came loose"; "Your wish will come true"

change state, turn - undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election"

boil down, come down, reduce - be the essential element; "The proposal boils down to a compromise"

metamorphose, transmute, transform - change in outward structure or looks; "He transformed into a monster"; "The salesman metamorphosed into an ugly beetle"

suffocate, choke - become stultified, suppressed, or stifled; "He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village"

nucleate - form into a nucleus; "Some cells had nucleated"

turn - cause to change or turn into something different;assume new characteristics; "The princess turned the frog into a prince by kissing him"; "The alchemists tried to turn lead into gold"

add up, amount, come - develop into; "This idea will never amount to anything"; "nothing came of his grandiose plans"

occur, come - come to one's mind; suggest itself; "It occurred to me that we should hire another secretary"; "A great idea then came to her"

root - come into existence, originate; "The problem roots in her depression"

take form, take shape, spring, form - develop into a distinctive entity; "our plans began to take shape"

arise, originate, spring up, uprise, develop, grow, rise - come into existence; take on form or shape; "A new religious movement originated in that country"; "a love that sprang up from friendship"; "the idea for the book grew out of a short story"; "An interesting phenomenon uprose"

bob up, arise, come up - originate or come into being; "aquestion arose"

make - be or be capable of being changed or made into; "He makes a great host"; "He will make a fine father"

beautify, prettify, embellish - make more beautiful