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Supplant

To trip up.

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Verb group 2

Replace 84% connected

To place again; to restore to a former place, position, condition, or the like.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Replace 84% connected

To place again; to restore to a former place, position, condition, or the like.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Manner of action 6

Deputize 76% connected

To appoint as one's deputy; to empower to act in one's stead; to depute.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Displace 76% connected

To change the place of; to remove from the usual or proper place; to put out of place; to place in another situation; as, the books in the library ar…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Oust 76% connected

See Oast.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Preempt 76% connected

To settle upon (public land) with a right of preemption, as under the laws of the United States; to take by preemption.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Substitute 76% connected

One who, or that which, is substituted or put in the place of another; one who acts for another; that which stands in lieu of something else

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Usurp 76% connected

To seize, and hold in possession, by force, or without right; as, to usurp a throne; to usurp the prerogatives of the crown; to usurp power; to usurp…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Follow 76% connected

To go or come after; to move behind in the same path or direction; hence, to go with (a leader, guide, etc.); to accompany; to attend.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Succeed 76% connected

To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of; as, the king's eldest son succeeds his father on the throne; autumn succeeds sum…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 6

Alternate 74% connected

Being or succeeding by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; by turns first one and then the other; hence, reciprocal.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Alternate 74% connected

Being or succeeding by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; by turns first one and then the other; hence, reciprocal.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Substitute 74% connected

One who, or that which, is substituted or put in the place of another; one who acts for another; that which stands in lieu of something else

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Substitute 74% connected

One who, or that which, is substituted or put in the place of another; one who acts for another; that which stands in lieu of something else

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 2

Replace 92% connected

To place again; to restore to a former place, position, condition, or the like.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Supersede 92% connected

To come, or be placed, in the room of; to replace.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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