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1. In the appropriate or usual position or order. For example, With everything in place, she started the slide show. [Mid-1500s] Also see PUT SOMEONE IN HIS OR HER PLACE. 2. In the same spot, without advancing or retreating, as in While marching in place, the band played six more numbers.
American Heritage Idioms
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Phrase(s): in someone else’s place
Go to in someone else's shoes and in someone else's place, Phrase(s): *in place
in (someone’s or something’s) proper place or location. (*Typically: be ~; put something [into] ~.) • The maid came into the room and put everything into place. • It’s good to see everything in place again.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs