place in

place in

1. To set someone or something inside (of something or some place). In this usage, a noun or pronoun is used between "place" and "in." He placed the roses in the vase on the hallway table. I'm placing applicants in the board room while they wait for their interviews.
2. To assign someone to some particular group, situation, or scenario. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is used between "place" and "in." They're placing me in a remedial math class after I failed algebra last year. Place half the participants in a group with the active drug, and place the other half in the group taking the placebo.
3. To achieve, first, second, or third place in a sporting competition. I never imagined I would ever place in a national championship when I first started competing in tennis.
See also: place
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

place something in something

to put something inside something. Place the rabbit in the pen with the others. Please place your dishes in the sink when you finish.
See also: place
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • orient
  • orient to
  • orient to (something)
  • spiff up
  • spiffed up
  • back into
  • back into (someone or something)
  • angle
  • angling
  • rescue from
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The protesters dispersed peacefully later and no untoward incident took place in any part of the city, it added.
The suspect, who had been arrested recently concerning a break-in and theft that took place in Nicosia in October, was arrested again on Tuesday after police secured a testimony linking him with other 13 cases that took place between March 6 and April 1, 2013.
According to details, the protest rallies, sit-ins and demonstrations will take place in 140 cities from August 20 until 30.
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Sheikh Ahmed al-Alwani member of the coordinating committees for Anbar sit-ins said to NINA reporter:" If the government is honest and interested of Iraqi people interests as it claims , Responding to the demands of protesters is indispensable in this case stressing that the demonstrations and sit-ins which taking place in a number of cities and provinces of Iraq entered the third month , but the government keep unjustified silence and procrastinate to meet the people demands in overall Iraq from the far north to the far south.
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The holding in the case does not preclude the media from witnessing and filming law enforcement activities that take place in public areas.
BAGHDAD / NINA / The MP, of the state of law coalition, Abdul Mahdi al-Khafaji said: what have been achieved in responding to the demands of the demonstrators by the government is enough to stop the demonstrations and sit-ins taking place in several areas in the country.
Ramadi / NINA /--Anbar sit-ins and protests taking place in continue Ramadi and Falluja and other cities of Anbar province continue for the twenty-first day in a row particularly near Alibovraj Bridge north of Ramadi capital of the province .