take one's place

take one's place (third-person singular simple present takes one's place, present participle taking one's place, simple past took one's place, past participle taken one's place)

1. To arrive at the (physical) place where one is supposed to be.
   • 1803 (date written), [Jane Austen], chapter XXV, in Northanger Abbey; published in Northanger Abbey: And Persuasion. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I or II), London: John Murray, […], 20 December 1817 (indicated as 1818), →OCLC:

     Henry and Eleanor were by themselves in the breakfast-room; and each, as she entered it, looked at her anxiously. Catherine took her place at the table, and, after a short silence, Eleanor said, "No bad news from Fullerton, I hope? Mr. and Mrs. Morland—your brothers and sisters—I hope they are none of them ill?"

   • 2022 November 30, Paul Clifton, “Network News: Hendy drops GBR name but reform plans proceed”, in RAIL, number 971, page 12:

     He has just become Lord Hendy, and will take his place in the House of Lords on December 12. He will be a Crossbencher, which means he will not represent a political party.

2. To attain the position one is supposed or destined to reach.
   • 2021 December 26, Shane McGrath, “Remarkable Paul O’Donovan deserves to take his place among the elite names in Irish sport”, in extra.ie‎:

     Remarkable Paul O'Donovan deserves to take his place among the elite names in Irish sport.

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