place someone or something behind someone or something
- place someone or something behind someone or something
place someone or something behind someone or something
1. to move someone or something to a place behind or to the rear of someone or something else. •
Place the taller boy behind John in the second row.
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Place the iris behind the nasturtium.
2. to rank or estimate someone or something behind someone or something else. •
I would place George behind Fred in this contest.
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Frank placed the white horse well behind the black one in the race.
Dictionary of American idioms.
2013.
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