take+one's+place+in
1take one's place — ► take one s place take up one s usual or recognized position. Main Entry: ↑place …
2take one's place — take up one s usual or recognized position. → place …
3take someone's place — or take the place of someone to do something instead of someone else No one could ever take the place of her father. Joe resigned as chairperson in 1999 and I took his place …
4To take one's own course — Take Take, v. t. [imp. {Took} (t[oo^]k); p. p. {Taken} (t[=a]k n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Taking}.] [Icel. taka; akin to Sw. taga, Dan. tage, Goth. t[=e]kan to touch; of uncertain origin.] 1. In an active sense; To lay hold of; to seize with the hands …
5take one's time — if the place were on fire, Mark would still take his time Syn: go slowly, dally, dawdle, delay, linger, drag one s feet, waste time, kill time; informal dilly dally, lollygag; archaic tarry …
6take one's life in one's hand — risk one s life, place one s own life in danger …
7place — ► NOUN 1) a particular position or location. 2) a portion of space occupied by or set aside for someone or something. 3) a vacancy or available position. 4) a position in a sequence or hierarchy. 5) the position of a figure in a series indicated… …
8place — I n. space occupied at a table 1) to lay (BE), set (esp. AE) a place for smb. position 2) to take smb. s place 3) to trade places 4) (misc.) to know one s place (in life); to give up one s place in line/in a queue; to occupy a prominent place in… …
9place — /pleɪs / (say plays) noun 1. a particular portion of space, of definite or indefinite extent. 2. space in general (chiefly in connection with time). 3. the portion of space occupied by anything. 4. a space or spot, set apart or used for a… …
10place — noun 1》 a particular position or point in space; a location. ↘informal a person s home. ↘a point in a book reached by a reader at a particular time. 2》 a portion of space available or designated for someone. ↘a vacancy or available… …
