Meaning: footsteps 
n.
the sound of a step of someone walking
the act of taking a step in walking
the distance covered by a step
follow in footsteps Idiom, Proverb
follow in one's footsteps
Idiom(s): follow in someone's tracks AND follow in someone's footstepsTheme: SAMENESS
to follow someone's example; to assume someone else's role or occupation.
• The vice president was following in the president's footsteps when he called for budget cuts.
• She followed in her father's footsteps and went into medicine.
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v. phr. To follow someone's example; follow someone exactly, He followed in his father's footsteps and became a doctor.Compare: LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON.
follow in someone's footsteps
follow in someone's footstepsAlso, follow in someone's tracks. Follow someone's example or guidance. For example, Dean hoped his son would follow in his footsteps and become an economist, or Jane tried to follow in her mentor's tracks. [Mid-1500s]
follow in (one's) footsteps
To accompany article that addition abroad (often a ancestors member) has already done. My ancestor was an engineer, and I plan to chase in his footsteps and abstraction engineering in college. I am afterward in my sister's footsteps and abutting her old sorority.Learn more: follow, footstepfollow in (someone's) footsteps
To backpack on the behavior, work, or attitude of.Learn more: follow, footstep
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