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followed in someone's footsteps

followed in someone's footsteps is the simple past and past participle of follow in someone's footsteps.

Meaning of follow in someone's footsteps

Verb

follow in someone's footsteps (third-person singular simple present follows in someone's footsteps, present participle following in someone's footsteps, simple past and past participle followed in someone's footsteps)

  1. (figuratively) To follow the same path as someone; to take actions similar to another's.
    • I could die on this boondoggle too, naturally, as the world has become something of a horror show of late. In any case, I trust that anybody following in my footsteps and reading these additional words will have the presence of mind to pursue the same basic strategy.2017 May 4, qntm, “SCP-3125”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 12 Mar 2026

Questions about followed in someone's footsteps

What is followed in someone's footsteps the simple past and past participle of?
Followed in someone's footsteps is the simple past and past participle of follow in someone's footsteps.

Words near followed in someone's footsteps in the dictionary

  1. followdays
  2. followe
  3. followed
  4. followed along
  5. followed by
  6. followed in someone's footsteps
  7. followed on
  8. followed one's heart
  9. followed one's nose
  10. followed someone off a cliff
  11. followed someone to the ends of the earth

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