find one's place

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find one's place (third-person singular simple present finds one's place, present participle finding one's place, simple past and past participle found one's place)

1. (idiomatic) To discover one's vocation, purpose, and/or sense of belonging to or passion for something.

   He's apparently found his place at the monastery.

2. To locate where (in a work of print) (one) had most recently stopped reading, in order to resume reading.

   I wanna pick up where I left off, but I can't seem to find my place.

• (to discover a sense of belonging or passion) find one's calling, find purpose
• (to return to one's stopping point) find one's spot

• (to become desynchronized from a last-read passage) lose one's place