place

place (someone)

To recognize and remember who someone is. They showed me a picture of a suspect and asked if I knew who it was, but I couldn't place her. A: "Do you remember my friend Tom?" B: "I know the name, but I can't place him."
See also: place
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

place someone

to recall someone's name; to recall the details about a person that would help you identify the person. I am sorry, I can't seem to place you. Could you tell me your name again? I can't place her. Did I meet her once before?
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See:
  • (it's) time to jet off (to some place)
  • (one's) final resting place
  • (one's) heart is in the right place
  • (one's) last resting place
  • (somewhere or something) or bust
  • Is there some place I can wash up?
  • It smells like someone/somebody died in (some place)!
  • Let's bump this place!
  • Let’s bump this place!
  • Nice place you have here
  • One cannot be in two places at once
  • Second place is the first loser.
  • There is a time and a place for everything
  • There's no place like home
  • What is (someone or something) doing (some place)?
  • Where can I wash up?
  • Your place or mine?
  • a place for everything, and everything in its place
  • a place in the sun
  • a place to call own
  • a price on head
  • a woman's place is in the home
  • a/(one's) place in the sun
  • a/(one's) place of business
  • abstract (something) from (something or some place)
  • adjourn to (some place)
  • admit (one) to (something or some place)
  • admit (someone or something) into (something or some place)
  • advance (up)on (something or some place)
  • advance toward (something or some place)
  • age in place
  • aging in place
  • all dressed up with nowhere to go
  • all over the place
  • all over the place like a mad woman's custard
  • allow (someone or something) in(to)
  • allow (someone or something) in(to) (something or some place)
  • allow into a place
  • any old place
  • any old thing
  • any old thing, time, place, etc.
  • any old time
  • arrive (some place) in a body
  • as if (one) owns the place
  • as if someone owns the place
  • as if you own the place
  • ask (one) in(to some place)
  • back at (something or some place)
  • banish from (something or some place)
  • banish from some place
  • bar from (something or some place)
  • bar from some place
  • be (one's) place (to do something)
  • be better placed
  • be going places
  • be ideally placed
  • be in the middle of (something or some place)
  • be in the right place at the right moment
  • be in the right place at the right time
  • be in two places at once
  • be nestled (up) into (something or some place)
  • be out of place
  • be put in (one's) place
  • be somebody's place to do something
  • be the toast of (some place)
  • be well placed
  • be well, ideally, better, etc. placed for something/to do something
  • bed down (some place)
  • bed down some place
  • beeline it for (some place)
  • between a rock and a hard place
  • block in
  • block in some place
  • boogie down to (some place)
  • bowler hat (one) out (of something or some place)
  • bring (someone or something) over
  • bring (someone or something) over from (somewhere)
  • bring (someone or something) over to (some place)
  • bring in
  • bring in some place
  • bring over from some place
  • bring over some place)
  • burst into (some place)
  • bust ass out of (some place)
  • bust ass out of some place
  • bust out
  • bust out of (some place)
  • bust out of some place
  • bustle about
  • bustle about some place
  • buzz in(to)
  • buzz into a place
  • call at (some place)
  • call at some place
  • can't be in two places at once
  • carry (someone or something) over to (some place)
  • carry in(to) (some place)
  • carry into some place
  • cast a shadow over (some place)
  • change places
  • change places with
  • change places with (one)
  • change/swap places
  • chase (someone or something) (away) from some place
  • chase (someone or something) in(to) (some place)
  • chase (someone or something) out of (some place)
  • chase from some place
  • chase in some place
  • chase out of some place Go to chase
  • check (one's) bags through (to) (some place)
  • check (one's) luggage through (to) (some place)
  • chuck (someone) out of (some place)
  • chuck out of some place
  • clap (one) in(to)
  • clap (one) in(to) (something or some place)
  • clap in some place
  • clear (someone or something) out of (some place)
  • clear (something) from (something)
  • clear from some place
  • clear out of some place
  • click into place
  • comb over
  • come down to (some place)
  • come down to some place
  • come from a good place
  • come home from (some place or something)
  • come home from some place
  • come in from (something or some place)
  • come into (something or some place)
  • come on into (some place)
  • commute between (places)
  • commute between places
  • commute from (some place)
  • commute from some place
  • concentrate at (some place)
  • concentrate at some place
  • conduct (someone or something) into (some place)
  • conduct (someone or something) out of (some place)
  • crawl in(to) (some place or thing)
  • cross from (some place) to (some place)
  • cross from some place to some place
  • cross over into (some place)
  • cross over into some place
  • crowd in
  • crowd in some place
  • crowd into (something or some place)
  • curves in all the right places
  • depart for (some place)
  • depart for some place
  • depart from (some place)
  • depart from some place
  • deport (someone) from (some place)
  • deport (someone) from (some place) to (some place)
  • deport (someone) to (some place)
  • dine at (some place)
  • dispatch (someone or something) from (some place)
  • dispatch (someone or something) to (someone, something, or some place)
  • ditch (some place)
  • ditch (something)
  • don't spend it all in one place
  • draw (someone or something) out of (someone or something)
  • draw out
  • draw out of some place
  • drive up to (some place or thing)
  • drop into place
  • elbow (one's way) through
  • embark for (some place)
  • emigrate from (some place)
  • emigrate from (some place) to (some place)
  • emigrate to (some place)
  • emigrate to (some place) from (some place)
  • end up at (some place)
  • evict (one) from (some place)
  • exile (someone) from (some place)
  • exile (someone) from (some place) to (some place)
  • exile (someone) to (some place)
  • extradite (someone) from (some place)
  • extradite (someone) from (some place) to (some place)
  • extradite (someone) to (some place)
  • fall about the place
  • fall about the place (laughing)
  • fall in place
  • fall in(to) place
  • fall into place
  • fall, drop, etc. into place
  • feel out of place
  • fetch up at (some place)
  • fight (one's way) through
  • fight (one's) way back to (something or some place)
  • file in(to something or some place)
  • filter in(to) (some place)
  • first (some place), then the world
  • flock in(to) (some place or thing)
  • flounce into (some place)
  • flounce out of (some place)
  • flush (someone or something) out of (some thing or place)
  • flush out of some place
  • fly from (someone or something) to (some place)
  • fly out of (some place)
  • fly up to (some place)
  • friend in court
  • friends in high places
  • get (oneself) out of (something)
  • get (oneself) out of (somewhere)
  • get off at (some place)
  • get round to (something)
  • get the hell out (of some place)
  • get the run of (some place)
  • get there (the) firstest with the mostest
  • give (someone or something) the run of (some place)
  • give place to
  • give place to somebody/something
  • glance around (some thing or place)
  • go all the way to (some place)
  • go for a spin (to some place)
  • go out for a spin (to some place)
  • go places
  • hail from (some place)
  • hair out of place
  • haul (one) down to (some place)
  • haul (something) from (some place) to (some place)
  • haul (something) from (something or some place)
  • haul (something) to (some place)
  • haul (something) to (some place) from (some place)
  • haul ass (out of something or some place)
  • haul into (some place)
  • haul to some place
  • have (one's) heart in the right place
  • have a place in
  • have a place in (something)
  • have curves in all the right places
  • have friends in high places
  • have heart in the right place
  • have pride of place
  • have the run of (some place)
  • have your heart in the right place
  • head off to (some place)
  • heart in the right place, have one's
  • heart in the right place, to have one's
  • help (someone) back (to some place)
  • high places, friends in
  • hit out for (some place)
  • hole up
  • hotfoot it off to (some place)
  • hotfoot it out of (some place)
  • hound (someone) from (some place)
  • hound (someone) out (of some place)
  • hound from some place
  • hurl (someone or something) out of (some place or thing)
  • hurry (someone or something) in(to some place)
  • hurry down (to some place)
  • if I was/were in your place
  • if I were in your place
  • immigrate to (some place)
  • immigrate to some place
  • import (something) from (some place)
  • import (something) from (some place) into (some place)
  • import (something) into (some place)
  • in (someone's or something's) place
  • in a body
  • in else's shoes
  • in high places
  • in my, your, etc. place
  • in place
  • in place of
  • in place of (someone or something)
  • in place of (something)
  • in place of somebody/something
  • in someone else's place
  • in someone's shoes
  • in the care of
  • in the first instance
  • in the first place
  • in the first place and in the first instance
  • in the middle of (something or some place)
  • in the right place at the right time
  • in the second place
  • in the wilds of (some place)
  • in the wrong place at the wrong time
  • instead of
  • invite (someone) into (some place)
  • invite into some place
  • issue (forth) from (some thing or place)
  • issue from some place
  • jerk (someone or something) out of (something or some place)
  • jumping-off place
  • jumping-off point
  • keep (one's) place
  • keep (one) in (one's) place
  • keep in
  • keep in some place
  • keep one in place
  • keep place
  • keep to (something)
  • keep within (something or some place)
  • kiss (one) on (some place)
  • know (one's) place
  • know one's place
  • know place
  • know your place
  • land up (some place)
  • land up at (some place)
  • late of (some place)
  • lead down to (something or some place)
  • lead out of (something or some place)
  • leave (someone or something) (at) (some place)
  • leave for
  • leave for some place
  • let (someone or something) in(to) (some place)
  • let (someone or something) into (something or some place)
  • let out of (something or some place)
  • let's bump this place
  • let's go some place quiet(er)
  • lie (one's) way into (something or some place)
  • lie around
  • light out for (some place)
  • lightning never strikes (the same place) twice
  • lightning never strikes twice in the same place
  • litter (something or some place) up
  • look about for (someone or something)
  • look around
  • look around for (someone or something)
  • look around some place
  • lure (someone or something) in(to something or some place)
  • mail (something) from (some place)
  • mail from some place
  • make (one's) way back (to something or some place)
  • make (one's) way to(ward) (something or some place)
  • make for (somewhere or something)
  • make it (to something or some place)
  • make it as far as (something or some place)
  • make it some place
  • make out for (somewhere or something)
  • migrate between (some place or sth) and (some place or sth else)
  • migrate between some place and some place else
  • migrate from (some place or sth) to (some place or sth else)
  • move into (some place)
  • move to
  • move to some place
  • move up into (something or some place)
  • move up through (something or some place)
  • muscle (one) out (of something or some place)
  • never set foot in (some place)
  • nice place (you have here)
  • not (one's) place (to do something)
  • not a hair out of place
  • not darken the door of (some place)
  • not darken the doorstep of (some place)
  • not place
  • not set foot in (some place)
  • obliterate (someone or something) from (something or some place)
  • of all people/places/things
  • of all places
  • on (one's) way to (someone or some place)
  • on a pedestal
  • one's heart is in the right place
  • one's last resting place
  • operate from (some place)
  • operate out of (some place)
  • order (one) out (of some place)
  • order out of some place
  • originate from (some place or something)
  • originate in (some place or something)
  • other place
  • out at (some place)
  • out at some place
  • out of place
  • pace about
  • pace around
  • pace back and forth
  • pack (someone or something) into (something or some place)
  • pack (someone or something) off to (some place)
  • pat (someone or something) on (something or some place)
  • people (something or some place) with (someone)
  • permit (one) in(to something or some place)
  • permit (one) out (of something or some place)
  • permit (one) through (something or some place)
  • permit (one) up (something or some place)
  • pilot (something) in(to something or some place)
  • pilot (something) out (of something or some place)
  • pilot (something) through (something or some place)
  • pipe (something) into (something or some place)
  • pipe into some place
  • place
  • place (one) in an awkward position
  • place (oneself) at (someone's) mercy
  • place (someone or something) (up) on a pedestal
  • place (someone or something) above (someone or something)
  • place (someone or something) at (some place)
  • place (someone or something) before (someone or something)
  • place (someone or something) in (someone's) care
  • place (someone or something) in jeopardy
  • place (someone or something) in the care of (someone)
  • place (someone or something) in the charge of (someone)
  • place (someone or something) next to (someone or something else)
  • place (someone or something) under (someone's) care
  • place (someone)
  • place (something) at a premium
  • place a premium on (something)
  • place a strain on
  • place a strain on (someone or something)
  • place above
  • place an order
  • place an/the/(one's) order
  • place aside
  • place at
  • place at a premium
  • place back
  • place before
  • place behind
  • place behind (someone or something)
  • place down
  • place for everything (and everything in its place), a
  • place for everything, and everything in its place
  • place in
  • place in an awkward position
  • place in jeopardy
  • place in the sun
  • place next to
  • place of business
  • place of concealment
  • place on
  • place out of
  • place out of (something)
  • place the blame for (something) on (someone or something)
  • place the blame on
  • place the blame on (someone or something)
  • place the blame on (someone or something) for (something)
  • place to call (one's) own
  • place trust in
  • place trust in (someone or something)
  • place under
  • place with
  • plummet (down) to (something or some place)
  • pollute (something or some place) with (something else)
  • pour into (something or some place)
  • pride of place
  • pull (one) into (some place or thing)
  • pull around to (something or some place)
  • pull in(to) (some place)
  • pull into a place
  • pull up
  • put (one) in (one's) place
  • put (one) out of (something or some place)
  • put (oneself) in (someone's) place
  • put (oneself) in (someone's) shoes
  • put (someone, something, or some place) on the map
  • put a premium on (something)
  • put a premium on something
  • put in at (some place)
  • put in place
  • put in some place
  • put one in place
  • put somebody in their place
  • put someone in his or her place
  • put someone in their place
  • put the blame on
  • put yourself in somebody's shoes/place
  • put/place a premium on something
  • put/set/place somebody on a pedestal
  • quit (some place)
  • quit a place
  • race to (someone or something)
  • race to some place
  • race up to (someone or something)
  • race with (someone or something)
  • range over (something or some place)
  • rattle around (something or some place)
  • reach (some place) in a body
  • receive (one) into (something or some place)
  • receive from (someone or something)
  • receive from some place
  • recruit from (something or some place)
  • relocate (someone or something) in (something or some place)
  • remain at (something or some place)
  • remain at some place
  • remain in (something or some place)
  • remand (someone or something) to (something or some place)
  • repair to (some place)
  • repair to some place
  • repatriate to (some place)
  • repatriate to some place
  • resound through (something or some place)
  • resound throughout (something or some place)
  • retire in (something or some place)
  • retire into (something or some place)
  • retire to (something or some place)
  • retrieve from (someone, something, or some place)
  • retrieve from some place
  • return from (something or some place)
  • return to (someone, something, or some place)
  • return to some place
  • reveal to (someone or something)
  • reverberate through (something or some place)
  • reverberate throughout (something or some place)
  • review for (something)
  • reward (someone, something, or oneself) for (something)
  • reward (someone, something, or oneself) with (something)
  • ride to (something or some place)
  • ride to some place
  • right/wrong place at the right time, to be in the
  • rocket into (something or some place)
  • rocket to (something or some place)
  • rocky road (to something)
  • root (someone or something) out of (something or some place)
  • rooted to (something or some place)
  • rout out of some place
  • route (someone or something) around (something or some place)
  • route (someone or something) to (something or some place)
  • row out to (something or some place)
  • royal road (to something)
  • run (one) into (some place)
  • run (one) out (of some place)
  • run by (some place)
  • run in place
  • run into (someone, something, or some place)
  • run out of (something or some place)
  • run out of some place
  • run over to (someone or something)
  • run over with (something)
  • run up to (someone, something, or some place)
  • run up to some place
  • rush out (of something or some place)
  • rush to (someone, something, or some place)
  • sail for (some place)
  • sail for some place
  • sail from (some place) to (some place else)
  • sail from some place to some place else
  • salvage (something) from (something or some place)
  • scooch over to (something or some place)
  • scoot down to (something or some place)
  • scoot over to (something or some place)
  • score (something) off (someone, something, or some place)
  • scour (something or some place) for (someone or something)
  • scream the place down
  • screen out of (something or some place)
  • screw (one's) courage to the sticking place
  • screw up (one's) courage to the sticking place
  • search through (something or some place)
  • secede from (something or some place)
  • see (one) across (something or some place)
  • see (one) back (to something or some place)
  • see (one) down (to something or some place)
  • see (one) to (some place)
  • see (one) up to (some place)
  • see to some place
  • segregate into (something or some place)
  • send (one) out of (some place)
  • send (someone or something) from (some place)
  • send (someone or something) to (someone, something, or some place)
  • send back (to something or some place) for (something)
  • send into (something or some place)
  • send over
  • send over some place
  • serve (something) in (something or some place)
  • set (someone or something) (up) on a pedestal
  • set foot in (some place)
  • set foot on (something or some place)
  • set in a place
  • set off (for some place)
  • set out (for some place)
  • set sail for (some place)
  • set sail for some place
  • settle in(to) (something or some place)
  • shag ass (out of something or some place)
  • shake the dust of (something or some place) from (one's) feet
  • ship (someone or something) off to (some place)
  • shoot a place up
  • shoot up
  • show (one) into (some place)
  • show (one) to (something or some place)
  • shuttle (someone or something) from (some place) to (some place)
  • shuttle from
  • sign out of (something or some place)
  • sign out of some place
  • skip out of (some place)
  • skip out of (something or some place)
  • skyrocket into (something or some place)
  • skyrocket to (something or some place)
  • slide out of (something or some place)
  • slink into (some place)
  • slip into (something or some place)
  • slip off
  • slip out
  • smash out of (something or some place)
  • smoke (someone or something) out of (some place)
  • smooth away
  • smuggle (someone or something) in (something or some place)
  • smuggle (someone or something) into (some place)
  • smuggle (someone or something) through (something or some place)
  • smuggle into some place
  • sneak away (from some place)
  • sneak in(to some place)
  • sneak out (of some place)
  • sniff about (something or some place)
  • snoop about (something or some place)
  • somewhere/some place to hang (up) (one's) hat
  • spend (some amount of time) in (some place)
  • spill into (something or some place)
  • spill out into (something or some place)
  • spill over into (something or some place)
  • spread across (something or some place)
  • spread all over (something or some place)
  • spread onto (something or some place)
  • spread to (someone, something, or some place)
  • spring (one) (from some place)
  • spring from (someone, something, or some place)
  • stagger from (some place)
  • stagger in(to some place)
  • stagger out of (some place)
  • stalk into (some place)
  • stalk out of (some place)
  • stampede into (some place)
  • stampede out of (some place)
  • start for (some place)
  • start off at (something or some place)
  • start off from some place
  • start out at (something or some place)
  • starve (one) out of (something or some place)
  • starve out of some place
  • station (one) at (some place)
  • stay at (something or some place)
  • stay at some place
  • steal out of (some place)
  • steal out of some place
  • steam across (something or some place)
  • steam into (some place)
  • steam out of (something or some place)
  • step out into (some place)
  • step out of (something or some place) (and) into (some place)
  • step up to the plate
  • sticking-place
  • stink up
  • stop over
  • stop short of (something)
  • stop short of a place
  • store (something) in (something or some place)
  • storm into (some place)
  • storm out of (some place)
  • stray into (some place)
  • stray onto (some place)
  • stream into (something or some place)
  • stretch out to (someone, something, or some place)
  • stride into (some place)
  • stride out of (some place)
  • strike out for (something or some place)
  • stroll through (some place)
  • strut out of (some place)
  • surge out of (someone, something, or some place)
  • swarm in(to) (something or some place)
  • swarm out (of something or some place)
  • swarm through (something or some place)
  • sweep into
  • sweep out of (something or some place)
  • sweep out of some place
  • take (one) through (something or some place)
  • take (someone or something) back to (someone or some place)
  • take (someone or something) into (something or some place)
  • take (someone's or something's) place
  • take (someone's or something's) pulse
  • take (someone, something, or some place) by storm
  • take a spin (to some place)
  • take into some place
  • take place
  • take refuge in (something or some place)
  • take second place
  • take somebody's place
  • take the chill off (of) (something or some place)
  • take the place of (someone or something)
  • take up residence in (some place)
  • take up to (someone, something, or some place)
  • take your place
  • talk (one's) way into (something or some place)
  • talk of a place
  • tear a place apart
  • tear across (something or some place)
  • tear apart
  • tear into (someone or something)
  • tear into a place
  • tear into some place
  • tear out of (something or some place)
  • telephone into (some place)
  • tempt (one) into (something or some place)
  • terrify (one) into (something)
  • terrify (one) out of (something or some place)
  • terrorize (one) into (something)
  • terrorize (one) out of (something)
  • test in (something or some place)
  • the armpit of (some place)
  • the other place
  • the place to be
  • the talk of (some place)
  • the toast of (some place)
  • there's a time and a place (for something)
  • think (one) owns the place
  • think you own the place
  • ticket for some place
  • touch at some place
  • track into some place
  • trade places
  • turn a place upside down
  • turn some place inside out
  • up against
  • uproot from some place
  • usher into some place
  • usher out of some place
  • venture into (some place)
  • waltz in(to some place)
  • wangle (one's) way into (some place or some situation)
  • wangle (one) into (some place or some situation)
  • wide place in the road
  • work (one's) way into (something or some place)
  • worm (one's) way into (something or some place)
  • worm into (something or some place)
  • worm out of (something or some place)
  • your heart is in the right place
  • your, his, etc. heart is in the right place
References in classic literature
(2) We can collect together all the happenings, in different places, which are connected in the way that common sense regards as being due to their emanating from one object.
(2) All the appearances of a given star in different places.
The Analysis of Mind
It's only--Gilbert is going to buy the Morgan place, and we'll have to go and live at the Glen.
Her one grievance against her place in the little house was its lonesome location.
Annes House of Dreams
It is the crowning glory of the place. One is grave and thoughtful when he stands in the little Tomb of the Saviour--he could not well be otherwise in such a place--but he has not the slightest possible belief that ever the Lord lay there, and so the interest he feels in the spot is very, very greatly marred by that reflection.
All about the apartment the gaudy trappings of the Greek Church offend the eye and keep the mind on the rack to remember that this is the Place of the Crucifixion--Golgotha--the Mount of Calvary.
The Innocents Abroad
I cannot say, as some do, this devil is not so black as he is painted; for indeed no colours can represent the place to the life, not any soul conceive aright of it but those who have been suffers there.
I degenerated into stone; I turned first stupid and senseless, then brutish and thoughtless, and at last raving mad as any of them were; and, in short, I became as naturally pleased and easy with the place, as if indeed I had been born there.
The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders
Three outside places were vacant; one behind the coachman; two on the dickey.
A Rogues Life
In the dusk this place was shadowy, and the view was hampered by the clustering trunks.
They found him at a place where the avenue widened so as to let carriages pass each other.
Lair of the White Worm
Clements had described to me as her husband's place of abode in former years, and which the principal inhabitants had long since deserted for the new town.
He was a cheerful, familiar, loudly-talkative old man, with a very poor opinion (as I soon discovered) of the place in which he lived, and a happy sense of superiority to his neighbours in virtue of the great personal distinction of having once been in London.
The Woman in White
'Or how,' he added, looking more attentively at the child, 'do you come to want a place of rest at this time of night?'
The Old Curiosity Shop
My place of refuge was constructed of wood, but so low that I could with difficulty sit upright in it.
Frankenstein