後あと釜がまに据すえる

expression, ichidan verb

install someone as a successor; put someone in another's place

Idiomatic expression meaning to appoint or place a person into a position previously held by someone else, often with a nuance of replacement or filling a vacancy. The phrase uses 後釜 (successor) and 据える (to set/install).

• 社しゃ長ちょうは辞じ任にんした後あと、すぐに後こう任にんを後あと釜がまに据すえた。

  After the president resigned, they immediately installed a successor in his place.

• 彼かれはライバルを蹴け落おとして、自じ分ぶんを後あと釜がまに据すえようとしている。

  He is trying to push out his rival and put himself in that position.