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put oneself in someone's shoes

put oneself in someone's shoes verb: to try to look at a situation from a different point of view; as if one were the other person; to empathise.

Verb

put oneself in someone's shoes (third-person singular simple present puts oneself in someone's shoes, present participle putting oneself in someone's shoes, simple past and past participle put oneself in someone's shoes)

  1. (figuratively) To try to look at a situation from a different point of view; as if one were the other person; to empathise.
    • If you could just put yourself in his shoes for a moment, perhaps you would understand why it is not as easy as you seem to think.

Synonyms of put oneself in someone's shoes

Forms of put oneself in someone's shoes

third-person singular presentputs oneself in someone's shoes
present participleputting oneself in someone's shoes
past participleput oneself in someone's shoes
pastput oneself in someone's shoes

Questions about put oneself in someone's shoes

What does put oneself in someone's shoes mean?
Put oneself in someone's shoes means to try to look at a situation from a different point of view; as if one were the other person; to empathise.
What part of speech is put oneself in someone's shoes?
Put oneself in someone's shoes is a verb.
What is the past tense of put oneself in someone's shoes?
The past tense of put oneself in someone's shoes is put oneself in someone's shoes.

Words near put oneself in someone's shoes in the dictionary

  1. put one's trousers on one leg at a time
  2. put one's whole pussy into
  3. put oneself about
  4. put oneself across
  5. put oneself in someone's place
  6. put oneself in someone's shoes
  7. put oneself out
  8. put oneself out of the way
  9. put onto
  10. put option
  11. put options

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