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put oneself in someone's place

put oneself in someone's place verb: to imagine, and empathize with, someone's circumstances.

Verb

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 of put oneself in someone's place

Forms of put oneself in someone's place

third-person singular presentputs oneself in someone's place
present participleputting oneself in someone's place
past participleput oneself in someone's place
pastput oneself in someone's place

Questions about put oneself in someone's place

What does put oneself in someone's place mean?
Put oneself in someone's place means to imagine, and empathize with, someone's circumstances.
What part of speech is put oneself in someone's place?
Put oneself in someone's place is a verb.
What is the past tense of put oneself in someone's place?
The past tense of put oneself in someone's place is put oneself in someone's place.

Words near put oneself in someone's place in the dictionary

  1. put one's toe in the water
  2. put one's trousers on one leg at a time
  3. put one's whole pussy into
  4. put oneself about
  5. put oneself across
  6. put oneself in someone's place
  7. put oneself in someone's shoes
  8. put oneself out
  9. put oneself out of the way
  10. put onto
  11. put option

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