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Vinony

in place

  1. enacted, established, instituted, ready
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Wiktionary

adj

  1. In an original position.
  2. In a proper position.
  3. Established; in operation.

adv

  1. Into a proper or intended position; into place.

    “The girders were carefully set in place.”

  2. Into a state of deployment or implementation.

    “New procedures were put in place.”

    “He draws eclectically on studies of baboons, descriptive anthropological accounts of hunter-gatherer societies and, in a few cases, the fossil record. With this biological framework in place, Corning endeavors to show that the capitalist system as currently practiced in the United States and elsewhere is manifestly unfair.”

  3. Without changing position.

    “They ran in place with full packs for an hour.”

    “In the event of a radiation leak, shelter in place: do not attempt to find a community shelter.”

  4. To a particular place; so as to be present or nearby.