take the place of (someone or something)
idiom
: 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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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.
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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
Will prisons and gallows not take the place of the open hut and the tall tulip tree where the bird built its nest?
—Jonathon Sturgeon, Harpers Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025
Then fear starts to take the place of psychological safety.
—Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes.com, 25 May 2025
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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
Will prisons and gallows not take the place of the open hut and the tall tulip tree where the bird built its nest?
—Jonathon Sturgeon, Harpers Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025
Then fear starts to take the place of psychological safety.
—Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes.com, 25 May 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 20 Jul. 2025.
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