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Take place   /teɪk pleɪs/   Listen
Take place

verb
1.
Come to pass.  Synonyms: come about, fall out, go on, hap, happen, occur, pass, pass off.  "The meeting took place off without an incidence" , "Nothing occurred that seemed important"






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"Take place" Quotes from Famous Books



... just been deciding that the wedding is to take place in the middle of October,' replied Mrs. Ogilvie in her cool, ...
— Peter and Jane - or The Missing Heir • S. (Sarah) Macnaughtan

... scared at poor old Etna! They imagine the crater is going to turn on fireworks for their entertainment. That smoke is a safety valve, so don't be afraid. The observatory gives warning if anything serious is going to take place." ...
— The Princess of the School • Angela Brazil

... wishes to rearrest her in order—well—" he added in a low tone, "in order to close her lips. It would not be the first time that persons have been silenced in secret at Kajana. Many fatal accidents take place ...
— The Czar's Spy - The Mystery of a Silent Love • William Le Queux

... horse-breeding ranch, the Young Doctor introduced Jean Jacques to Norah Doyle, and instantly left the house. He had no wish to hear the interview which must take place between the two. Nolan Doyle was not at home, but in the room where they were shown to Norah was a cradle. Norah was rocking it with one foot while, standing by the table, she busied ...
— The Judgment House • Gilbert Parker

... Quarter Sessions, Part I, where this trial was to take place, was held in famous Independence Hall, at Sixth and Chestnut Streets, which was at this time, as it had been for all of a century before, the center of local executive and judicial life. It was a low two-story ...
— The Financier • Theodore Dreiser


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