take (someone's or something's) place



take (someone's or something's) place

To substitute for someone or something; to stand in someone's or something's stead. It was decided that I would take my sister's place as the head of the company. Due to a scheduling conflict for the professor, the course on modernism has been canceled. I guess that course on 19th-century British Literature will have to take its place.
See also: place, take

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Anas-Arabic
I'timad-Arabic
BradÁN-Ancient Irish
Tamia-English (Modern)
Busby['hʌzbi]
Abimelech-Biblical