took place of (verb) displace: remove from position of responsibility
Sinonime: banish,
can*, cashier, cut out, deport, depose, dethrone,
discard,
discharge, discrown, disenthrone,
dismiss, disthrone,
exile, expatriate,
fire,
oust,
relegate,
remove,
replace, sack, step into shoes of,
succeed,
supersede,
supplant,
take over, take the place of,
transport, uncrown, unmake,
usurpAntonime: leave