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filling someone's boots

filling someone's boots is the present participle and gerund of fill someone's boots.

Meaning of fill someone's boots

Verb

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

  1. To take over someone's role.
    • He leaves big boots for his successor to fill.2023 November 15, Ian Prosser talks to Stefanie Foster, “A healthy person is a more productive person”, in RAIL, number 996, page 37

Questions about filling someone's boots

What is filling someone's boots the present participle and gerund of?
Filling someone's boots is the present participle and gerund of fill someone's boots.

Words near filling someone's boots in the dictionary

  1. filling one's face
  2. filling one's hand
  3. filling one's pants
  4. filling out
  5. filling site
  6. filling someone's boots
  7. filling someone's shoes
  8. filling station
  9. filling stations
  10. filling the bill
  11. filling up

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