step\ into\ one's\ shoes

step\ into\ one's\ shoes
v. phr.
To do what someone else usually does after he has stopped doing it.

When Bill's father died, Bill had to step into his father's shoes to support his mother.

A coach trains the junior varsity to step into the shoes of the members of the varsity team when they graduate.

When the boss retires, his son will step into his shoes.

Compare: in one's shoes

Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". . 1997.

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  • step into one's shoes — {v. phr.} To do what someone else usually does after he has stopped doing it. * /When Bill s father died, Bill had to step into his father s shoes to support his mother./ * /A coach trains the junior varsity to step into the shoes of the members… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • step into one's shoes — {v. phr.} To do what someone else usually does after he has stopped doing it. * /When Bill s father died, Bill had to step into his father s shoes to support his mother./ * /A coach trains the junior varsity to step into the shoes of the members… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • into one's shoes — See: STEP INTO ONE S SHOES …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • into one's shoes — See: STEP INTO ONE S SHOES …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • into\ one's\ shoes — See: step into one s shoes …   Словарь американских идиом

  • in\ one's\ shoes — • in one s shoes • in one s boots adv. phr. In or into one s place or position. How would you like to be in a lion tamer s boots? Compare: put oneself in another s place, step into one s shoes …   Словарь американских идиом

  • in one's shoes — also[in one s boots] {adv. phr.} In or into one s place or position. * /How would you like to be in a lion tamer s boots?/ Compare: PUT ONESELF IN ANOTHER S PLACE, STEP INTO ONE S SHOES …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • in one's shoes — also[in one s boots] {adv. phr.} In or into one s place or position. * /How would you like to be in a lion tamer s boots?/ Compare: PUT ONESELF IN ANOTHER S PLACE, STEP INTO ONE S SHOES …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • step — noun 1》 an act or movement of putting one leg in front of the other in walking or running.     ↘the distance covered by such a movement.     ↘a short and easily walked distance. 2》 one of the sequences of movement of the feet which make up a… …   English new terms dictionary

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