put in place - Idioms - by the Free Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.

put (oneself) in (someone else's) place and put oneself in someone else's shoes

to allow oneself to see or experience something from someone else's point of view. Put yourself in someone else's place, and see how it feels. I put myself in Tom's shoes and realized that I would have made exactly the same choice.

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put somebody in their place

to let someone know that they are not as important as they think they are She didn't like my suggestions at all. I was put firmly in my place, like a naughty schoolgirl.

See as if own the place, fall into place, know place, scream the place down

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put you in your place

to let someone know that they are not as important as they think they are He thinks he knows everything and needs to be put in his place.

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put yourself in somebody's place

to imagine that you are someone else and have to do what they do Now put yourself in the place of a policeman who is afraid and has to arrest a big guy with a knife.

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? References in classic literature
This wantonness and folly did I put in place of that Will, when I taught that "In everything there is one thing impossible--rationality Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book For All And None by Nietzsche, Friedrich View in context The point was that in the lodge that was being built the carpenter had spoiled the staircase, fitting it together without calculating the space it was to fill, so that the steps were all sloping when it was put in place. Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context Staid, statistical articles were published, proving that he had made his start by robbing poor miners of their claims, and that the capstone to his fortune had been put in place by his treacherous violation of faith with the Guggenhammers in the deal on Ophir. Burning Daylight by London, Jack View in context More results

? References in classic literature

This wantonness and folly did I put in place of that Will, when I taught that "In everything there is one thing impossible--rationality

Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book For All And None by Nietzsche, Friedrich View in context

The point was that in the lodge that was being built the carpenter had spoiled the staircase, fitting it together without calculating the space it was to fill, so that the steps were all sloping when it was put in place.

Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context

Staid, statistical articles were published, proving that he had made his start by robbing poor miners of their claims, and that the capstone to his fortune had been put in place by his treacherous violation of faith with the Guggenhammers in the deal on Ophir.

Burning Daylight by London, Jack View in context

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