Usually means: Desired position of advantage, success.
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  1. place in the sun: Merriam-Webster
  2. place in the sun: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. place in the sun: Collins English Dictionary
  4. place in the sun: Wiktionary
  5. place in the sun: Dictionary.com
  6. Place in the sun: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. place in the sun: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. place in the sun: Legal dictionary
  2. place in the sun: Financial dictionary

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  1. place in the sun: Encyclopedia

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  1. place in the sun: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (place in the sun)

noun:  (figuratively) A favorable position, characterized by comfort, success, wealth or general well-being.
noun:  (figuratively) Fame or recognition.
noun:  Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see place, sun.

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