put oneself in someone's place

put oneself in someone's place
consider a situation from someone's point of view

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  • put oneself in another person's shoes — place oneself in someone else s situation, try to imagine what it is like to go through someone else s experiences …   English contemporary dictionary

  • place — noun 1》 a particular position or point in space; a location.     ↘informal a person s home.     ↘a point in a book reached by a reader at a particular time. 2》 a portion of space available or designated for someone.     ↘a vacancy or available… …   English new terms dictionary

  • put — [c]/pʊt / (say poot) verb (put, putting) –verb (t) 1. to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of some place or position: to put money in one s purse. 2. to bring into some relation, state, etc.: put everything in order. 3. to… …  

  • put — /poot/, v., put, putting, adj., n. v.t. 1. to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf. 2. to bring into some relation, state, etc.: to put everything in order. 3. to… …   Universalium

  • put — verb (puts, putting; past and past participle put) 1》 move to or place in a particular position. 2》 bring into a particular state or condition: they tried to put me at ease.     ↘express in a particular way: to put it bluntly, he was not really… …   English new terms dictionary

  • put — [[t]pʊt[/t]] v. put, put•ting, n. 1) to move (anything) into a specific location or position; place 2) to bring into some condition, relation, etc.: to put affairs in order[/ex] 3) to force to undergo something 4) to set to a duty, task, action,… …   From formal English to slang

  • put some distance between someone and someone or something — tv. to engthen the distance or time between oneself and someone or something (including a place). □ I gotta put some distance between me and that cop, fast. □ You need to put some distance between you and your brother’s death. □ She needed enough …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • put — [poot] vt. put, putting [ME putten < or akin to OE potian, to push: mod. senses prob. < Scand, as in Dan putte, Swed dial. putta, to put away, push, akin to OE pyttan, to sting, goad] 1. a) to drive or send by a blow, shot, or thrust [to… …   English World dictionary

  • identify — [ī den′tə fī΄] vt. identified, identifying [LL identificare: see IDENTITY & FY] 1. to make identical; consider or treat as the same [to identify one s interests with another s] 2. to recognize as being or show to be the very person or thing known …   English World dictionary

  • ethics — /eth iks/, n.pl. 1. (used with a sing. or pl. v.) a system of moral principles: the ethics of a culture. 2. the rules of conduct recognized in respect to a particular class of human actions or a particular group, culture, etc.: medical ethics;… …   Universalium

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