taking someone's place
taking someone's place is the present participle and gerund 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)
- 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 taking someone's place
- What is taking someone's place the present participle and gerund of?
- Taking someone's place is the present participle and gerund of take someone's place.
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