"fill someone's shoes" meaning in English

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      "form": "filling someone's shoes",
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      "form": "filled someone's shoes",
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        "past"
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      "form": "filled someone's shoes",
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        {
          "text": "I don't think anyone could ever fill her shoes, doing all she does.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, “Sex”, performed by The 1975:",
          "text": "Does he take care of you? / Or could I easily fill his shoes? / But you say no, you say no",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2020 May 20, “Network News: A legacy of greater diversity in transport”, in Rail, page 13:",
          "text": "\"As I was chairing a committee that had only ever been chaired by Labour women, I was fairly conscious that I was filling some fairly big shoes left behind by Louise and Gwyneth.",
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      "glosses": [
        "To do (somebody's) job; to perform or assume (somebody's) role."
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        "(idiomatic) To do (somebody's) job; to perform or assume (somebody's) role."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "put oneself in someone's shoes"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "fill someone's boots"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "to do someone's job, assume somebody's role",
          "word": "täyttää jonkun paikka"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to do someone's job, assume somebody's role",
          "word": "astua jonkun saappaisiin"
        }
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      "form": "filled someone's shoes",
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    },
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      "form": "filled someone's shoes",
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          "text": "I don't think anyone could ever fill her shoes, doing all she does.",
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          "text": "Does he take care of you? / Or could I easily fill his shoes? / But you say no, you say no",
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          "ref": "2020 May 20, “Network News: A legacy of greater diversity in transport”, in Rail, page 13:",
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      ],
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        "(idiomatic) To do (somebody's) job; to perform or assume (somebody's) role."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "fill someone's boots"
        }
      ],
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to do someone's job, assume somebody's role",
      "word": "täyttää jonkun paikka"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to do someone's job, assume somebody's role",
      "word": "astua jonkun saappaisiin"
    }
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  "word": "fill someone's shoes"
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