- fill someone's boots
- ► fill someone's shoes (or boots) informal take over someone's role and fulfil it satisfactorily.Main Entry: ↑fill
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fill someone's shoes (or boots) — informal take over someone s role and fulfil it satisfactorily. → fill … English new terms dictionary
fill someone's shoes — ► fill someone s shoes (or boots) informal take over someone s role and fulfil it satisfactorily. Main Entry: ↑fill … English terms dictionary
fill — ► VERB 1) make or become full. 2) block up (a hole, gap, etc.). 3) appoint a person to hold (a vacant post). 4) hold and perform the duties of (a position or role). 5) occupy (time). ► NOUN (one s fill) ▪ … English terms dictionary
fill — verb 1》 make or become full. ↘block up (a hole, gap, etc.). ↘(of a sail) curve out tautly from its supports as the wind blows into it. 2》 pervade (a place or the air). ↘cause to experience a feeling. 3》 appoint a person to (a vacant… … English new terms dictionary
fill in — while Mr. Grant is on vacation, Luis will be filling in Syn: substitute, deputize, stand in, cover, take over, act as stand in, take the place of; informal sub, step into someone s shoes/boots, pinch hit … Thesaurus of popular words
substitute — 1. noun substitutes for permanent employees Syn: replacement, deputy, relief, proxy, reserve, surrogate, cover, stand in, locum (tenens), understudy; informal sub, pinch hitter 2. adjective a substitute teacher Syn: acting, supply … Thesaurus of popular words
shoe — shoeless, adj. /shooh/, n., pl. shoes, (esp. Brit. Dial.) shoon; v., shod or shoed, shod or shoed or shodden, shoeing. n. 1. an external covering for the human foot, usually of leather and consisting of a more or less stiff or heavy sole and a… … Universalium
follow — verb 1) we ll let the others follow Syn: come behind, come after, go behind, go after, walk behind Ant: lead 2) he was expected to follow his father in the business Syn: succeed, replace … Thesaurus of popular words
supersede — verb I was superseded by much younger men Syn: replace, take the place of, take over from, succeed; supplant, displace, oust, overthrow, remove, unseat; informal fill someone s shoes/boots See note at replace … Thesaurus of popular words
supplant — verb 1) paved highways supplanted the network of dirt roads Syn: replace, supersede, displace, take over from, substitute for, override 2) the man he supplanted as prime minister Syn: oust, usurp, overthrow, remove … Thesaurus of popular words
