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Phrase(s): 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.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs