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fills someone's shoes

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

What is fills someone's shoes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Fills someone's shoes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of fill someone's shoes.

Words near fills someone's shoes in the dictionary

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

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