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Discover LudwigThe phrase "installs himself" is correct and usable in written English.
You would use it when referring to someone who is taking up a post or role for themselves, often without a formal appointment. For example: "John installs himself as the leader of the team, although he lacks the formal qualifications for the position."
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Don't mock: once Obama installs himself as world dictator, you'll be grateful for Gingrich's outpost in space.
When the M.C. (Dave Cox) growls at him to take a seat, he coyly replies, "Any seat?" and installs himself on a chair — on the wire.
"The term Latin music is offputting for a lot of British people," says Holland, as he installs himself at the bar of a north London pub.
He goes to a corner looking for a piece of heavy paper and an easel, and installs himself in front of the bed.
There he installs himself -- along with his toys, his lollipops and his vaporizer -- in a motel, which soon becomes the base of one of the strangest stalking enterprises ever recorded on film.
Now he is trading the Elizabethan verse for the 20th-century argot of Brutus Jones, an African-American serving time for murder who escapes to a Caribbean island and installs himself as its ruler.
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Benedict then reappeared in Rome and installed himself as pope.
Dumarsais Estimé in 1950 and installed himself as ruler.
The imperious Hébert practically installed himself as a military governor.
After Saddam was overthrown, Zarqawi installed himself as the leader of the Sunni insurgency in Iraq.
He nodded to me, installed himself at the table, and started to peel and slice them.
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