take someone's place en · VERB
Etymology
take + someone's place
Meanings
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To replace someone or something.
Because of the shortage of rolling stock, services on many lines could only be introduced gradually, and buses took their place in the meantime.
1951 March, E. J. Tyler, “Post-War Recovery on the Netherlands Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 154:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| taken someone's place | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| taking someone's place | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| takes someone's place | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| took someone's place | Tense=Past | lexicographic |