take someone's place in English

Forms: takes someone's [present, singular, third-person], its place [present, singular, third-person], taking someone's [participle, present], its place [participle, present], took someone's [past], its place [past], taken someone's [participle, past], its place [participle, past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|take<,,took,taken> someone's / its place}} take someone's place (third-person singular simple present takes someone's / its place, present participle taking someone's / its place, simple past took someone's / its place, past participle taken someone's / its place)

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          "ref": "1951 March, E. J. Tyler, “Post-War Recovery on the Netherlands Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 154",
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      "form": "takes someone's",
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        "third-person"
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"take someone's place" meaning in English

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