put in its place

Example Sentences

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What’s been put in its place is unsustainable.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 12, 2024

Mr Kuleba at the time responded that Russia - which was humiliating itself - needed to be put in its place.

From BBC • Feb. 18, 2023

At Duke University, president Vincent E. Price removed a statue of Robert E. Lee from the campus' chapel; nothing was put in its place.

From Salon • Jun. 8, 2020

The one you take home and the one you can rescue and put in its place.

From Fox News • Aug. 7, 2019

The old restrooms were still there, but the toilet had been ripped out of one and a bathtub put in its place.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls