# take place

idiom · CEFR A2

Source: https://englishreference.com/idiom/take-place
Updated: 2026-04-22

## Meaning

to happen or occur, especially when something is planned.

## Examples

- The meeting will take place at noon.
- The annual music festival takes place in the park every summer.
- The historic negotiations took place behind closed doors, far from the prying eyes of the public and the press.

## Origin

A verb phrase formed with *place* functioning as the direct object of the transitive verb *take*.

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