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follow in someone's footsteps
idiom(alsofollow someone's footsteps)
C2
to do the same thing as someone else did previously, especially as a job:
She followed in her mother's footsteps, starting her own business.她效法母亲开办了自己的公司。
She followed in the footsteps of her hero, Shirley Chisholm, and entered politics.
Following in his father's footsteps, he became first a schoolteacher and then a magistrate.
I love all the same things my mum did — knitting, music, reading — I even followed her footsteps into the same vocation.
These students all have a family member working in a skilled job — someone whose footsteps they can follow.
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follow in someone’s footsteps | American Dictionary
follow in someone’s footsteps
idiom
to do the same thing as someone else, esp. someone in your family, previously did:
She followed in her mother’s footsteps and started her own business.
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