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Phrase(s): place someone or something behind someone or something
1. to move someone or something to a place behind or to the rear of someone or something else. • Place the taller boy behind John in the second row. • Place the iris behind the nasturtium. 2. to rank or estimate someone or something behind someone or something else. • I would place George behind Fred in this contest. • Frank placed the white horse well behind the black one in the race.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs