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place 
  n 
1 area, location, locus, point, position, site, situation, spot, station, venue, whereabouts 
2 city, district, hamlet, locale, locality, neighbourhood, quarter, region, town, vicinity, village 
3 grade, position, rank, station, status 
4 appointment, berth  (informal) billet  (informal) employment, job, position, post 
5 abode, apartment, domicile, dwelling, flat, home, house, manor, mansion, pad  (slang) property, residence, seat 
6 accommodation, room, space, stead 
7 affair, charge, concern, duty, function, prerogative, responsibility, right, role 
8 in place of  as an alternative to, as a substitute for, in exchange for, in lieu of, instead of, taking the place of 
9 put (someone) in his place  bring down, cut down to size, humble, humiliate, make (someone) eat humble pie, make (someone) swallow his pride, mortify, take down a peg  (informal) 
10 take place  befall, betide, come about, come to pass  (archaic) go on, happen, occur, transpire  (informal) 
  vb 
11 bung  (Brit. slang) deposit, dispose, establish, fix, install, lay, locate, plant, position, put, rest, set, settle, situate, stand, station, stick  (informal) 
12 arrange, class, classify, grade, group, order, rank, sort 
13 associate, identify, know, put one's finger on, recognize, remember, set in context 
14 allocate, appoint, assign, charge, commission, entrust, give 
 or  or  or  or  or  or  (both derogatory) or  or 

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