- tread in someone's footsteps
- ► follow (or tread) in someone's footsteps do as another person did before.Main Entry: ↑footstep
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follow (or tread) in someone's footsteps — do as another person did before. → footstep … English new terms dictionary
follow in someone's footsteps — ► follow (or tread) in someone s footsteps do as another person did before. Main Entry: ↑footstep … English terms dictionary
tread — treader, n. /tred/, v., trod, trodden or trod, treading, n. v.i. 1. to set down the foot or feet in walking; step; walk. 2. to step, walk, or trample so as to press, crush, or injure something (usually fol. by on or upon): to tread on a person s… … Universalium
tread — [[t]trɛd[/t]] v. trod, trod•den trod, tread•ing, 1) to set down the foot or feet in walking; step; walk 2) to step or walk, esp. so as to press, crush, or injure something; trample (usu. fol. by on or upon) 3) orn (of a male bird) to copulate 4)… … From formal English to slang
footstep — ► NOUN ▪ a step taken in walking, especially as heard by another person. ● follow (or tread) in someone s footsteps Cf. ↑tread in someone s footsteps … English terms dictionary
footstep — noun a step taken in walking, especially as heard by another person. Phrases follow (or tread) in someone s footsteps do as another person did before … English new terms dictionary
footstep — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. footfall, tread, footprint; see gait 1 , step 1 , 3 , track 2 . • follow in someone s footsteps, Syn. emulate, succeed, resemble a predecessor; see follow 2 , imitate 2 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The act or manner of… … English dictionary for students
footstep — /foot step /, n. 1. the setting down of a foot, or the sound so produced; footfall; tread. 2. the distance covered by a step in walking; pace. 3. a footprint. 4. a step by which to ascend or descend. 5. follow in someone s footsteps, to succeed… … Universalium
footstep — (n.) early 13c., footprint, from FOOT (Cf. foot) (n.) + STEP (Cf. step) (n.). Meaning a tread or fall of the foot is first attested 1530s. Figurative expression to follow in (someone s) footsteps is from 1540s … Etymology dictionary
footstep — /ˈfʊtstɛp / (say footstep) noun 1. a step or tread of the foot, or the sound produced by it; footfall. 2. the distance traversed by the foot in stepping; a pace. 3. → footprint (def. 1). 4. a step by which to ascend or descend. –phrase 5. follow… …
