take the place of (someone or something)
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: to replace (someone or something)
Who will take the place of the current pope?
Televisions began to take the place of radios in most families' homes.
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The County Board is due to take up the appointment of Jonathan Mark Currin to the mosquito board on Thursday, to take the place of Trustee Ray Warner, according to Preckwinkle’s office.
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Mike Nolan, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2025
Part of the criticism stemmed from Ackman, who was entered as a wild card, having potentially been allowed to take the place of a pro tennis player.
—Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 July 2025
Progress 92 will take the place of the Progress 90 vehicle, which undocked from the same Poisk port on Tuesday (July 1) after a roughly seven-month stay.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 3 July 2025
Not long ago, Todd Forrest, who began working at the garden just as the infestation started, showed me the trees that had grown in to take the place of the lost trees.
—Robert Sullivan, Curbed, 9 June 2025
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Mike Nolan, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2025
Part of the criticism stemmed from Ackman, who was entered as a wild card, having potentially been allowed to take the place of a pro tennis player.
—Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 July 2025
Progress 92 will take the place of the Progress 90 vehicle, which undocked from the same Poisk port on Tuesday (July 1) after a roughly seven-month stay.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 3 July 2025
Not long ago, Todd Forrest, who began working at the garden just as the infestation started, showed me the trees that had grown in to take the place of the lost trees.
—Robert Sullivan, Curbed, 9 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for take the place of (someone or something)
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“Take the place of (someone or something).” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/take%20the%20place%20of%20%28someone%20or%20something%29. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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