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"forms": [
{
"form": "follows in someone's footsteps",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "following in someone's footsteps",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "followed in someone's footsteps",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "followed in someone's footsteps",
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"past"
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}
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"name": "en-verb"
}
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
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"glosses": [
"To follow the same path as someone; to take actions similar to another's."
],
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"raw_glosses": [
"(figuratively) To follow the same path as someone; to take actions similar to another's."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "tread in someone's footsteps"
},
{
"word": "tread in someone's steps"
},
{
"word": "follow in someone's steps"
}
],
"tags": [
"figuratively"
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "follow the same path as someone",
"word": "seurata jalanjäljissä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "follow the same path as someone",
"word": "marcher sur les pas de quelqu’un"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "follow the same path as someone",
"word": "marcher dans les pas de quelqu’un"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "follow the same path as someone",
"word": "seguir os pasos de alguén"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "follow the same path as someone",
"word": "að fylgja í fótspor einhvers"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "follow the same path as someone",
"word": "seguire le orme"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "follow the same path as someone",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "iść w czyjeś ślady"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "follow the same path as someone",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "pójść w czyjeś ślady"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "idtí po čʹim-libo stopám",
"sense": "follow the same path as someone",
"word": "идти́ по чьим-либо стопа́м"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "follow the same path as someone",
"word": "fuata nyayo"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "aḍugujāḍallō",
"sense": "follow the same path as someone",
"word": "అడుగుజాడల్లో"
}
]
}
],
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"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
}
],
"word": "follow in someone's footsteps"
}
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"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "following in someone's footsteps",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "followed in someone's footsteps",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "followed in someone's footsteps",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
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"name": "en-verb"
}
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"pos": "verb",
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"glosses": [
"To follow the same path as someone; to take actions similar to another's."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figuratively) To follow the same path as someone; to take actions similar to another's."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "tread in someone's footsteps"
},
{
"word": "tread in someone's steps"
}
],
"tags": [
"figuratively"
]
}
],
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"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f4/En-au-follow_in_someone%27s_footsteps.ogg/En-au-follow_in_someone%27s_footsteps.ogg.mp3",
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"tags": [
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}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "follow in someone's steps"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "follow the same path as someone",
"word": "seurata jalanjäljissä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "follow the same path as someone",
"word": "marcher sur les pas de quelqu’un"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "follow the same path as someone",
"word": "marcher dans les pas de quelqu’un"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "follow the same path as someone",
"word": "seguir os pasos de alguén"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "follow the same path as someone",
"word": "að fylgja í fótspor einhvers"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "follow the same path as someone",
"word": "seguire le orme"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "follow the same path as someone",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "iść w czyjeś ślady"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "follow the same path as someone",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "pójść w czyjeś ślady"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "idtí po čʹim-libo stopám",
"sense": "follow the same path as someone",
"word": "идти́ по чьим-либо стопа́м"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "follow the same path as someone",
"word": "fuata nyayo"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "aḍugujāḍallō",
"sense": "follow the same path as someone",
"word": "అడుగుజాడల్లో"
}
],
"word": "follow in someone's footsteps"
}
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