Synonyms for take the place of
take the place of

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1. substitute

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1. take the place of

   Synonyms:
   supply the place of, be a substitute for, stand in the shoes of

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1. take the place of

   Synonyms:
   supplant, supersede, displace, substitute

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1. Richard Steele:

   Zeal for the public good is the characteristic of a man of honor and a gentleman, and must take the place of pleasures, profits and all other private gratification.

2. Denis Diderot:

   The general interest of the masses might take the place of the insight of genius if it were allowed freedom of action.

3. W. H. Auden:

   Murder is unique in that it abolishes the party it injures, so that society has to take the place of the victim and on his behalf demand atonement or grant forgiveness; it is the one crime in which society has a direct interest.

4. The Pope:

   We see that people do not want to have children, or just one and no more. And many, many couples do not have children because they do not want to, or they have just one -- but they have two dogs, two cats... Yes, dogs and cats take the place of children, yes, it's funny, I understand, but it is the reality. And this denial of fatherhood or motherhood diminishes us, it takes away our humanity. And in this way civilization becomes aged and without humanity, because it loses the richness of fatherhood and motherhood. And our homeland suffers, as it does not have children.

5. W. H. Auden:

   Murder is unique in that it abolishes the party it injures, so that society has to take the place of the victim and on his behalf demand atonement or grant forgiveness it is the one crime in which society has a direct interest.