The enterprise succeeded. We succeeded in getting tickets to the show. She struggled to overcome her handicap and won.
source: WordNet 3.0
be the successor (of)
Carter followed Ford. Will Charles succeed to the throne?.
source: WordNet 3.0
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 summer.
source: Webster 1913
To come in the place of another person, thing, or event; to come next in the usual, natural, or prescribed course of things; to follow; hence, to come next in the possession of anything; -- often with to.
