Meanings
present singular third person follows in someone's footsteps · participle present following in someone's footsteps · participle past followed in someone's footsteps · past followed in someone's footsteps · alternative follow in someone's steps
- figurativelyTo follow the same path as someone; to take actions similar to another's.
I could die on this boondoggle too, naturally, as the world has become something of a horror show of late. In any case, I trust that anybody following in my footsteps and reading these additional words will have the presence of mind to pursue the same basic strategy.
2017 May 4, qntm, “SCP-3125”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 12 Mar 2026Synonyms: tread in someone's footsteps, tread in someone's steps
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo follow the same path as someone; to take actions similar to another's.
Translations
Finnish seurata jalanjäljissä
- seurata jalanjäljissäfollow the same path as someone
French marcher sur les pas de quelqu'un, marcher dans les pas de quelqu'un
- marcher sur les pas de quelqu'unfollow the same path as someone
- marcher dans les pas de quelqu'unfollow the same path as someone
- suivre les tracesfollow the same path as someone
Icelandic að fylgja í fótspor einhvers
- að fylgja í fótspor einhversfollow the same path as someone
Italian seguire le orme
- seguire le ormefollow the same path as someone
Polish iść w czyjeś ślady, pójść w czyjeś ślady
- iść w czyjeś śladyfollow the same path as someone
- pójść w czyjeś śladyfollow the same path as someone
Romanian îi călca pe urme
- îi călca pe urmefollow the same path as someone
Russian идти́ по чьим-либо стопа́м
- идти́ по чьим-либо стопа́м (idtí po čʹim-libo stopám)follow the same path as someone
Spanish remedar, arremedar
- remedarfollow the same path as someone
- arremedarfollow the same path as someone
Swahili fuata nyayo
- fuata nyayofollow the same path as someone
Tagalog sumunod sa yapak, sumunod sa bakas
- sumunod sa yapakfollow the same path as someone
- sumunod sa bakasfollow the same path as someone
Vietnamese nối nghiệp
- nối nghiệpfollow the same path as someone
Cite this entry
follow in someone's footsteps. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/follow%20in%20someone's%20footsteps
“follow in someone's footsteps.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/follow%20in%20someone's%20footsteps. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “follow in someone's footsteps,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/follow%20in%20someone's%20footsteps.
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