"tread in someone's steps" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: treads in someone's steps [present, singular, third-person], treading in someone's steps [participle, present], trod in someone's steps [past], tread in someone's steps [past], treaded in someone's steps [past], trod in someone's steps [participle, past], tread in someone's steps [participle, past], trodden in someone's steps [participle, past], treaded in someone's steps [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|tread<,,trod:tread:treaded,trod:tread:trodden:treaded> in someone's steps}} tread in someone's steps (third-person singular simple present treads in someone's steps, present participle treading in someone's steps, simple past trod in someone's steps or tread in someone's steps or treaded in someone's steps, past participle trod in someone's steps or tread in someone's steps or trodden in someone's steps or treaded in someone's steps)
  1. To follow someone's example; to behave as someone did. Synonyms: follow in someone's footsteps, tread in someone's footsteps
    Sense id: en-tread_in_someone's_steps-en-verb-0Wpp4drJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Alternative forms

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