Phrase guide

follow in someone's footsteps

verb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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verb

Meaning 1

To follow the same path as someone; to take actions similar to another's.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: tread in someone's footsteps, tread in someone's steps

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: seurata jalanjäljissä — follow the same path as someone
  • French: marcher sur les pas de quelqu'un — follow the same path as someone
  • French: marcher dans les pas de quelqu'un — follow the same path as someone
  • French: suivre les traces — follow the same path as someone
  • Galician: seguir os pasos de alguén — follow the same path as someone
  • Icelandic: að fylgja í fótspor einhvers — follow the same path as someone
  • Italian: seguire le orme — follow the same path as someone
  • Polish: iść w czyjeś ślady — follow the same path as someone
  • Polish: pójść w czyjeś ślady — follow the same path as someone
  • Romanian: îi călca pe urme — follow the same path as someone
  • Russian: идти́ по чьим-либо стопа́м (idtí po čʹim-libo stopám) — follow the same path as someone
  • Spanish: remedar — follow the same path as someone
  • Spanish: arremedar — follow the same path as someone
  • Swahili: fuata nyayo — follow the same path as someone
  • Tagalog: sumunod sa yapak — follow the same path as someone
  • Tagalog: sumunod sa bakas — follow the same path as someone
  • Telugu: అడుగుజాడల్లో (aḍugujāḍallō) — follow the same path as someone
  • Vietnamese: nối nghiệp — follow the same path as someone