find one's place
English
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Verb
editfind one's place (third-person singular simple present finds one's place, present participle finding one's place, simple past and past participle found one's place)
- (idiomatic) To discover one's vocation, purpose, and/or sense of belonging to or passion for something.
- He's apparently found his place at the monastery.
- To locate where (in a work of print) (one) had most recently stopped reading, in order to resume reading.
- I wanna pick up where I left off, but I can't seem to find my place.
Synonyms
edit- (to discover a sense of belonging or passion) find one's calling, find purpose
- (to return to one's stopping point) find one's spot
Antonyms
edit- (to become desynchronized from a last-read passage) lose one's place
Translations
editto find a calling/purpose/passion/identifier