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filling someone's shoes

filling someone's shoes is the present participle and gerund 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 filling someone's shoes

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

Words near filling someone's shoes in the dictionary

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

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