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place someone or something at something

1. to put someone or something somewhere. The king placed extra guards at the door for the night. I placed the wine bottle at the left of the host.

2. to figure that someone or something was in a certain place. The detective placed Randy at the scene of the crime about midnight. I place the getaway car at the first tollbooth at dawn.

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Sunderland (Patrick Martin) were in eighth place at the completion of the opening stage with Gateshead (Adam Carmichael) 13th and Morpeth (Terry Wall) 19th. Triple success as local teams make the final by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England) The Dakhilyah region won the first place at the Sultanate level with 400 points to its credit, thereby winning His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said Cup. Dakhilyah region wins HM's Cup in Scouts and Guides competition by Times of Oman (Muscat, Oman) It is about being here, the experience of the body in this particular place at this moment in time. Place literacies by Somerville, Margaret / Australian Journal of Language and Literacy			pit against pit of stomach pit wits against pitch pitch a curve pitch a tent pitch at pitch away pitch black pitch camp pitch dark pitch forward pitch in pitch into pitch out pitch over pitch woo pity pivot on place place a premium on place a strain on place above place an order place aside place at place at a premium place back place before place behind place down place for everything, and everything in its place place in place in an awkward position place in jeopardy place next to place of business place of concealment place on place the blame on place trust in place under place with plague plague with plain plain as day plan plan for plan on plan out			place place place place place place place a cloud on place a false construction on place a premium on place a premium on place a premium on place a premium on place a premium on place a premium on place a price on head place a strain on place a value on place a wrong construction on place above place against place an erroneous construction on place an instrument in a place of deposit Place an Issue Place an Issue Place an Issue Place an Issue Place an Issue place an order Place and route place aside place at place at a premium place at one’s disposal place at ones disposal place authority place back Place Backup in Plain Brown Paper Bag, Please Place Bearing/Distance place before place behind place bet place bets place betting place between place brick place bricks place by itself place card place close together place control Place de Greve Place de Grève Place de l'Hôtel-de-Ville Place des Arts place down place down

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