place next to

place (someone or something) next to (someone or something else)

To set someone or something in a position that is immediately adjacent to someone or something else. You can place those boxes next to my desk, thanks. They placed me next to Jeff for the concert.
See also: next, place, something
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

place someone or something next to someone or something

to put someone or something immediately adjacent to someone or something. Please don't place Donna next to Betty for the class photograph. They are wearing identical dresses. Please don't place the flowers next to me. I have hay fever.
See also: next, place
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • be/have done with somebody/something
  • be in line with (someone or something)
  • better of
  • (someone or something) promises well
  • begin with
  • begin with (someone or something)
  • bird has flown, the
  • beware of
  • beware of (someone or something)
  • be rough on (someone or something)
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In this first monograph devoted to the art of Magdalena Abakanowicz, Barbara Rose introduces her as a canonical artist of the 20th century who merits a place next to such giants as Pablo Picasso and Jackson Pollock.
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An ardent segregationist who used his committee to hold up or weaken civil rights legislation, Smith, at the very least, deserves a place next to Bull Connor and the "old' George Wallace in the demonology of the civil rights movement.
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