"put oneself in someone's place" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: puts oneself in someone's place [present, singular, third-person], putting oneself in someone's place [participle, present], put oneself in someone's place [participle, past], put oneself in someone's place [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|put<,,put> oneself in someone's place}} put oneself in someone's place (third-person singular simple present puts oneself in someone's place, present participle putting oneself in someone's place, simple past and past participle put oneself in someone's place)
  1. To imagine, and empathize with, someone's circumstances. Synonyms: put oneself in someone's shoes
    Sense id: en-put_oneself_in_someone's_place-en-verb-m~r9Oq6F Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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