in place
In the appropriate or usual position or order. For example, With everything in place, she started the slide show. [Mid-1500s] Also see put someone in his or her place.
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How to use in place in a sentence
Mrs. Wood was diving into a partly shut-in place, where it was not so light, and where the nests were.
Beautiful Joe | Marshall SaundersJust back of the peak is a kind of soft, dented-in place like a Parker House roll, and if you touch it we die.
Cobb's Anatomy | Irvin S. CobbThere I saw a fenced-in place, where some horses were grazing, without thinking of any harm.
Five Weeks in a Balloon | Jules VerneThis location is marked today by a permanent “in-place” exhibit on the shore near the old church tower.
New Discoveries at Jamestown | John L. CotterSuch things as that meeting did not happen to them of the In-Place unless for a purpose.
The Place Beyond the Winds | Harriet T. Comstock
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