supplant
verb (used with object)
to take the place of (another), as through force, scheming, strategy, or the like.
had been supplanting
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past perfect progressiveof supplant.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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Recently Samuel Insull Jr., smart son of a smart father, had been supplanting Uncle Martin in control of Middle West.
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