take your place
take (someone's or something's) place
To substitute for someone or something; to stand in someone's or something's stead. It was decided that I would take my sister's place as the head of the company. Due to a scheduling conflict for the professor, the course on modernism has been canceled. I guess that course on 19th-century British Literature will have to take its place.
See also: place, take
take (someone's or something's) pulse
1. Literally, to measure the heart rate of a person or animal in order to determine if they are alive or in good health. The doctor tried to take the poor man's pulse but declared him dead on the spot. She's taking the dog's pulse to see if he needs to go to the vet.
2. By extension, to gauge, measure, or get a sense of how well someone or something is performing, thriving, managing, coping, etc. We try to take our employees' pulse at the start of every year to see gauge the level of their morale. The analysis promises to take the economy's pulse and give clear predictions of the market's ability to grow over the next few years.
See also: pulse, take
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
take your ˈplace
1 go to the physical position that is necessary for an activity: We all took our places round the table.
2 take or accept the status in society that is correct or that you deserve: He is ready now to take his place as one of the fastest swimmers in history.
See also: place, take
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
- take (someone's or something's) place
- take place
- take somebody's place
- take the place of (someone or something)
- stand in
- stand in for
- stand in for (someone or something)
- blow (up)on (someone or something)
- blow on
- blow on it