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taken someone's place

taken someone's place is the past participle of take someone's place.

Meaning of take someone's place

Verb

take someone's place (third-person singular simple present takes someone's place, present participle taking someone's place, simple past took someone's place, past participle taken someone's place)

  1. To replace someone or something.
    • Because of the shortage of rolling stock, services on many lines could only be introduced gradually, and buses took their place in the meantime.1951 March, E. J. Tyler, “Post-War Recovery on the Netherlands Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 154

Questions about taken someone's place

What is taken someone's place the past participle of?
Taken someone's place is the past participle of take someone's place.

Words near taken someone's place in the dictionary

  1. taken someone's fancy
  2. taken someone's head off
  3. taken someone's life
  4. taken someone's name in vain
  5. taken someone's part
  6. taken someone's place
  7. taken someone's word for it
  8. taken something as it came
  9. taken something as read
  10. taken something in one's stride
  11. taken something in stride

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