follow in someone's footsteps
English
Alternative forms
- follow in someone's steps
Pronunciation
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Verb
follow in someone's footsteps (third-person singular simple present follows in someone's footsteps, present participle following in someone's footsteps, simple past and past participle followed in someone's footsteps)
- (figuratively) To follow the same path as someone; to take actions similar to another's.
- Synonyms: tread in someone's footsteps, tread in someone's steps
Translations
follow the same path as someone
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