"put oneself in someone's shoes" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-put oneself in someone's shoes.ogg Forms: puts oneself in someone's shoes [present, singular, third-person], putting oneself in someone's shoes [participle, present], put oneself in someone's shoes [participle, past], put oneself in someone's shoes [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|put<,,put> oneself in someone's shoes}} put oneself in someone's shoes (third-person singular simple present puts oneself in someone's shoes, present participle putting oneself in someone's shoes, simple past and past participle put oneself in someone's shoes)
  1. (figuratively) To try to look at a situation from a different point of view; as if one were the other person; to empathise. Tags: figuratively Synonyms: put oneself in someone's place Related terms: stand in someone's shoes, fill someone's shoes Translations (look at a situation as if one were the other person): 設身處地 (Chinese Mandarin), 设身处地 (shèshēnchǔdì) (Chinese Mandarin), 換位思考 (Chinese Mandarin), 换位思考 (huànwèi sīkǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), 將心比心 (Chinese Mandarin), 将心比心 (jiāngxīnbǐxīn) (Chinese Mandarin), zich in een ander verplaatsen (Dutch), zich inleven (Dutch), se mettre à la place (French), se mettre dans la peau de quelqu’un (French), mettersi nei panni di un altro (Italian), 역지사지 (yeokjisaji) (Korean), znaleźć się w czyjejś skórze (Polish), postawić się na czyimś miejscu (Polish), pôr-se no lugar (de alguém) (Portuguese), поста́вить себя́ на ме́сто (postávitʹ sebjá na mésto) (Russian), sätta sig in (Swedish), leva sig in (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "look at a situation as if one were the other person",
          "word": "設身處地"
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          "sense": "look at a situation as if one were the other person",
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          "roman": "huànwèi sīkǎo",
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          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "look at a situation as if one were the other person",
          "word": "zich in een ander verplaatsen"
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          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "look at a situation as if one were the other person",
          "word": "zich inleven"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "note": "asettua asemaan (+ possessive suffix)",
          "sense": "look at a situation as if one were the other person"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "look at a situation as if one were the other person",
          "word": "se mettre à la place"
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          "sense": "look at a situation as if one were the other person",
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "look at a situation as if one were the other person",
          "word": "mettersi nei panni di un altro"
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          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "yeokjisaji",
          "sense": "look at a situation as if one were the other person",
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "look at a situation as if one were the other person",
          "word": "znaleźć się w czyjejś skórze"
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          "sense": "look at a situation as if one were the other person",
          "word": "postawić się na czyimś miejscu"
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          "sense": "look at a situation as if one were the other person",
          "word": "pôr-se no lugar (de alguém)"
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          "roman": "postávitʹ sebjá na mésto",
          "sense": "look at a situation as if one were the other person",
          "word": "поста́вить себя́ на ме́сто"
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          "sense": "look at a situation as if one were the other person",
          "word": "sätta sig in"
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "look at a situation as if one were the other person",
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "look at a situation as if one were the other person",
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      "sense": "look at a situation as if one were the other person",
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "look at a situation as if one were the other person",
      "word": "將心比心"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "look at a situation as if one were the other person",
      "word": "将心比心"
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      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "look at a situation as if one were the other person",
      "word": "zich in een ander verplaatsen"
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      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "look at a situation as if one were the other person",
      "word": "zich inleven"
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      "sense": "look at a situation as if one were the other person"
    },
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "look at a situation as if one were the other person",
      "word": "se mettre à la place"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "look at a situation as if one were the other person",
      "word": "se mettre dans la peau de quelqu’un"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "look at a situation as if one were the other person",
      "word": "mettersi nei panni di un altro"
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "yeokjisaji",
      "sense": "look at a situation as if one were the other person",
      "word": "역지사지"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "look at a situation as if one were the other person",
      "word": "znaleźć się w czyjejś skórze"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "look at a situation as if one were the other person",
      "word": "postawić się na czyimś miejscu"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "look at a situation as if one were the other person",
      "word": "pôr-se no lugar (de alguém)"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "postávitʹ sebjá na mésto",
      "sense": "look at a situation as if one were the other person",
      "word": "поста́вить себя́ на ме́сто"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "look at a situation as if one were the other person",
      "word": "sätta sig in"
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      "lang": "Swedish",
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      "word": "leva sig in"
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