trade places with (someone)
idiom
: to be in someone else's situation
I would love to trade places with him.
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The former would trade places with the latter in a nanosecond, and the reverse isn’t remotely true.
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Jon Wilner, Mercury News, 11 July 2025
The azul and chrome essentially trade places with Vancouver, which falls to 10-3-5.
SDFC has outscored its opponents 22-8 in nine road matches this season.
—Ryan Finley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 June 2025
Amber plots to kill Felicity and trade places with her.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 8 May 2025
The Shatter the Glass star says his boss at the tour guide company then told him to trade places with the bride.
—Erin Clack, People.com, 24 Feb. 2025
The stock has appreciated 800% over the past two years, with Nvidia adding more than $3 trillion in market cap to trade places with Apple as the world’s largest company.
—Greg McKenna, Fortune, 20 Nov. 2024
This time, Tess and Anna will trade places with two 14-year-old girls, Harper and Lily.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 24 June 2024
With a bestselling music career, booming beauty business and a billion-dollar net worth, Rihanna undoubtedly has plenty of fans who would trade places with her in a heartbeat.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 18 Apr. 2024
In February, Biden taunted Xi during his State of the Union address, arguing that no leader would want to trade places with the Chinese leader because of the scale of the problems that China confronts.
—Ryan Hass, Foreign Affairs, 28 June 2023
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Jon Wilner, Mercury News, 11 July 2025
The azul and chrome essentially trade places with Vancouver, which falls to 10-3-5.
SDFC has outscored its opponents 22-8 in nine road matches this season.
—Ryan Finley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 June 2025
Amber plots to kill Felicity and trade places with her.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 8 May 2025
The Shatter the Glass star says his boss at the tour guide company then told him to trade places with the bride.
—Erin Clack, People.com, 24 Feb. 2025
The stock has appreciated 800% over the past two years, with Nvidia adding more than $3 trillion in market cap to trade places with Apple as the world’s largest company.
—Greg McKenna, Fortune, 20 Nov. 2024
This time, Tess and Anna will trade places with two 14-year-old girls, Harper and Lily.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 24 June 2024
With a bestselling music career, booming beauty business and a billion-dollar net worth, Rihanna undoubtedly has plenty of fans who would trade places with her in a heartbeat.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 18 Apr. 2024
In February, Biden taunted Xi during his State of the Union address, arguing that no leader would want to trade places with the Chinese leader because of the scale of the problems that China confronts.
—Ryan Hass, Foreign Affairs, 28 June 2023
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“Trade places with (someone).” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trade%20places%20with%20%28someone%29. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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