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    -ceeds; -ceeded; -ceeding
    
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    to do what you are trying to do :to achieve the correct or desired result
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    to happen in the planned or desired way
    
    
    
    
    
    [+ obj] :to come after (something) in a series
    
    
    
    to get a particular job, position, or title after the person who had it before you has retired, died, etc. [+ obj]
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    nothing succeeds like success
    
    used to say that one success often results in another success;