supplant(v = verb.social) replace, supercede, supersede, supervene upon - take the place or move into the position of; "Smith replaced Miller as CEO after Miller left"; "the computer has supplanted the slide rule"; "Mary replaced Susan as the team's captain and the highest-ranked player in the school"
is one way to come after, follow, succeed
Derived forms noun supplanter₁, noun supplanting₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something

1.  To trip up. Milton. [1913 Webster]

2.  To remove or displace by stratagem; to displace and take the place of; to supersede; as, a rival supplants another in the favor of a mistress or a prince. [1913 Webster]
"Suspecting that the courtier had supplanted the friend." [1913 Webster]

3.  To overthrow, undermine, or force away, in order to get a substitute in place of. [1913 Webster]
"You never will supplant the received ideas of God." [1913 Webster]

supplant, v.tr. dispossess and take the place of, esp. by underhand means.

Derivative:
supplanter n.

Etymology:
ME f. OF supplanter or L supplantare trip up (as SUB-, planta sole)

VB  substitute, put in the place of, change for, make way for, give place to, supply the place of, take the place of, supplant, supersede, replace, cut out, serve as a substitute, step into stand in the shoes of, jury rig, make a shift with, put up with, borrow from Peter to pay Paul, take money out of one pocket and put it in another, cannibalize, commute, redeem, compound for.