take the place of (someone or something)
idiom
: to replace (someone or something)
Who will take the place of the current pope?
Televisions began to take the place of radios in most families' homes.
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The conclave will move from St Peter’s to the Stadio Olimpico, where a group of calciatori (22 footballers) will take the place of cardinals and decide who gets to stand triumphant on a balcony amid a cheering crowd.
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James Horncastle, New York Times, 14 May 2025
After the year’s crop has been harvested, more than 8,000 visitors (four times the population) gather and begin celebrating by firing a bean cannon, on which wooden beans take the place of wheels.
—Naomi Tomky, AFAR Media, 3 Apr. 2025
There has been a lot of discussion by the talking heads in the U.S over who - or if anyone - can take the place of LeBron James and Steph Curry, who remain the most popular and influential players in the NBA despite their advancing ages.
—Tristan Lavalette, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
Early 20th-century public health officials had hoped that efficient scientific solutions alone could take the place of 19th-century, pre-germ-theory environmental sanitation efforts.
—Powel H. Kazanjian, The Conversation, 5 Mar. 2025
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James Horncastle, New York Times, 14 May 2025
After the year’s crop has been harvested, more than 8,000 visitors (four times the population) gather and begin celebrating by firing a bean cannon, on which wooden beans take the place of wheels.
—Naomi Tomky, AFAR Media, 3 Apr. 2025
There has been a lot of discussion by the talking heads in the U.S over who - or if anyone - can take the place of LeBron James and Steph Curry, who remain the most popular and influential players in the NBA despite their advancing ages.
—Tristan Lavalette, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
Early 20th-century public health officials had hoped that efficient scientific solutions alone could take the place of 19th-century, pre-germ-theory environmental sanitation efforts.
—Powel H. Kazanjian, The Conversation, 5 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for take the place of (someone or something)
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