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fills someone's boots

fills someone's boots is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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

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Fills someone's boots is the third-person singular simple present indicative of fill someone's boots.

Words near fills someone's boots in the dictionary

  1. fills one's boots
  2. fills one's face
  3. fills one's hand
  4. fills one's pants
  5. fills out
  6. fills someone's boots
  7. fills someone's shoes
  8. fills the bill
  9. fills up
  10. fillum
  11. fillums

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