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install

verb [T] (PLACE)
 
 
/ɪnˈstɔːl/ US  /-ˈstɑːl/

Definition

install sb/yourself in/at somewhere UK to put someone/yourself in a comfortable position where you want to stay: He seems to have installed himself in your spare room for good!Promoting, demoting and transferring staff
(Definition of install verb (PLACE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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