to take one's place
1take one's place — To assume one s rightful position • • • Main Entry: ↑place * * * take up the physical position or status in society that is correct or due for one …
2take one's place — ► take one s place take up one s usual or recognized position. Main Entry: ↑place …
3take one's place — take up one s usual or recognized position. → place …
4take someone's place — To act as substitute for, or successor to, someone • • • Main Entry: ↑place * * * take someone’s place take the place of someone phrase to do something instead of someone else No one could ever take the place of her father. Joe resigned as… …
5take 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 …
6take one's seat — To take up one s allocated place, esp in Parliament • • • Main Entry: ↑seat * * * sit down, typically in a seat assigned to one …
7To 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 …
8take 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 …
9take one's life in one's hand — risk one s life, place one s own life in danger …
10place — ► 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… …
