Replace clip on primary storyline with connected clip?

Hi!
Is it possible to replace a clip on the primary storyline with a connected clip?
A possible scenario where this would be useful is if you want your recorded voiceover on the primary storyline. If you have a blank clip where the voiceover goes and put the b-roll on a secondary storyline connected to the blank clip, it would be easy to just drag the recorded voiceover on to the blank clip to replace it.
Any idea if this works? I think I have tried dragging with all the modifiers...
Thanks!

Thanks for the reply.
One scenario I often have is that I work in parallel with the reporter writing the voiceover. I usually put down the b-roll while he writes it to save time. Thats why I would leave a gap for the VO.
I could always leave the b-roll on the primary storyline and have the VO connected, but to me it makes sense to use the primary storyline for voiceover and sync to take advantage of the magnetic timeline.
Overwrite to Primary Storyline doesn't really work for this since it overwrites instead of replace, so if the VO is longer than the empty clip you end up overwriting your next clip too.

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