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filled someone's shoes

filled someone's shoes is the simple past and past participle of fill someone's shoes.

Meaning of fill someone's shoes

Verb

fill someone's shoes (third-person singular simple present fills someone's shoes, present participle filling someone's shoes, simple past and past participle filled someone's shoes)

  1. (idiomatic) To do (somebody's) job; to perform or assume (somebody's) role.
    • I don't think anyone could ever fill her shoes, doing all she does.

Questions about filled someone's shoes

What is filled someone's shoes the simple past and past participle of?
Filled someone's shoes is the simple past and past participle of fill someone's shoes.

Words near filled someone's shoes in the dictionary

  1. filled one's pants
  2. filled out
  3. filled pause
  4. filled pauses
  5. filled someone's boots
  6. filled someone's shoes
  7. filled the bill
  8. filled up
  9. filledness
  10. filledst
  11. Filleigh

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