trade places with (someone)
idiom
: to be in someone else's situation
I would love to trade places with him.
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This time, Tess and Anna will trade places with two 14-year-old girls, Harper and Lily.
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Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 24 June 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
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
Over the next three decades, Matthew David Keirans would trade places with William Donald Woods, steal his identity and send Woods down a path to spend more than 400 days in jail.
—Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff, Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2024
In an ad for the stuff, ARod plays a Little League coach, who, after losing a bet has to trade places with an equipment manager.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2024
However, despite her kids’ humor, intelligence and work ethic, the mother-of-three would not like to trade places with them.
—Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 17 Jan. 2024
Mariner of the Seas will leave Port Canaveral and trade places with Voyager of the Seas from Galveston, with both offering four- and five-night itineraries.
—Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 16 Feb. 2023
The number of programs that would gladly trade places with Ohio State is all of them, with the current exception of a couple heavyweights in the SEC.
—Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 25 Nov. 2022
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Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 24 June 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
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
Over the next three decades, Matthew David Keirans would trade places with William Donald Woods, steal his identity and send Woods down a path to spend more than 400 days in jail.
—Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff, Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2024
In an ad for the stuff, ARod plays a Little League coach, who, after losing a bet has to trade places with an equipment manager.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2024
However, despite her kids’ humor, intelligence and work ethic, the mother-of-three would not like to trade places with them.
—Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 17 Jan. 2024
Mariner of the Seas will leave Port Canaveral and trade places with Voyager of the Seas from Galveston, with both offering four- and five-night itineraries.
—Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 16 Feb. 2023
The number of programs that would gladly trade places with Ohio State is all of them, with the current exception of a couple heavyweights in the SEC.
—Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 25 Nov. 2022
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