phrasal verb · academic

put in place

/pʊt ɪn pleɪs/put in PLACE

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to create or arrange something (for example rules or systems) so that it can be used or followed

Examples

The authorities put strict safety procedures in place after the accident.

New measures were put in place to reduce congestion in the city centre.

Schools put in place strategies to support students' mental health.

Band 8 sentence

After the incident, regulators put robust inspection protocols in place to prevent recurrence.

Collocations

  • put measures in place
  • put policies in place

Word family

put in place verbputting in place verbput measures in place verb phrase

Common mistakes

put on placeput in place

put into placeput in place

Say it for a higher band

5set up6establish7+put in place

Synonyms

establish

implement

Easily confused

establish

The committee was established in 2010 to monitor air quality.

implement

The programme will be implemented next term.

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