haircut place
Bridge or overpass with tight clearance.
Are we going to make it in that haircut place?
heart is in the right place
have one's heart in the right place
To be kind-hearted, sympathetic or well-meaning; have good intentions.
All the tramps and stray dogs in the neighborhood knew that Mrs. Brown's heart was in the right place.
Tom looks very rough but his heart is in the right place.
high place
A position of responsibility, honor, and power.
Jones had reached a high place in the government at Washington.
in place
In the right or usual place or position; suitable; timely.
Nothing is in place after the earthquake. Even trees and houses are turned over.
The picture is not in place on the wall. It is crooked.
A dog is not in place in a church.
Linda wondered if it would be in place to wish the bride good luck after the wedding.
In one place.
Our first exercise in gym class was running in place.
In proper order.
Stay in place in line, children.
in the first place
Before now; in the beginning; first.
You already ate breakfast! Why didn't you tell me that in the first place instead of saying you didn't want to eat?
Carl patched his old football but it soon leaked again. He should have bought a new one in the first place.
in the first place
in the second place
in the third place
in the place
As the (first or second or third, etc.) thing in order or importance; first, second, or third, etc. Used with first, second, third, and other ordinal numbers.
No, you cannot go swimming. In the first place, the water is too cold; and, in the second place, there is not time enough before dinner.
Stealing is wrong, in the first place, because it hurts others, and, in the second place, because it hurts you.
instead of
in place of
in lieu of
In the place of; in substitution for; in preference to; rather than.
I wore mittens instead of gloves.
The grown-ups had coffee but the children wanted milk in place of coffee.
The boys went fishing instead of going to school.
The Vice-President talked at the meeting in place of the President, because the President was sick.
The magician appeared on the program in lieu of a singer.
jumping-off place
A place so far away that it seems to be the end of the world.
Columbus' sailors were afraid they would arrive at the jumping-off place if they sailed farther west.
So you visited Little America? That sounds like the jumping-off place!
The starting place of a long, hard trip or of something difficult or dangerous.
The jumping-off place for the explorer's trip through the jungle was a little village.