Dictionary / Vocabulary / 後を継ぐ
あとをつぐ
to succeed (someone); to take over from; to pick up the torch
Also written 跡を継ぐ、あとを継ぐ、後をつぐ、跡をつぐ
彼の後を継ぐだけの能力のある人物を見つけるのは容易ではないだろう。
It won't be easy to find someone capable of taking his place.
大統領として誰がレーガンのあとを継ぐだろうか。
Who will succeed Reagan as President?
その政治家が死ぬと、誰もが息子が父親の後を継ぐことを望んだ。
When the politician died, everybody hoped the son would follow in his father's footsteps.