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stand in someone's shoes

stand in someone's shoes verb: to see from another's point of view; to feel what another feels.

Verb

stand in someone's shoes (third-person singular simple present stands in someone's shoes, present participle standing in someone's shoes, simple past and past participle stood in someone's shoes)

  1. (idiomatic) To see from another's point of view; to feel what another feels.
    • How would it be, if you were standing in my shoes?
    • “So it took an eight-year-old child to bring ‘em to their senses, didn’t it?” said Atticus. “That proves something—that a gang of wild animals can be stopped, simply because they’re still human. Hmp, maybe we need a police force of children… you children last night made Walter Cunningham stand in...1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC

Forms of stand in someone's shoes

third-person singular presentstands in someone's shoes
present participlestanding in someone's shoes
past participlestood in someone's shoes
paststood in someone's shoes

Questions about stand in someone's shoes

What does stand in someone's shoes mean?
Stand in someone's shoes means to see from another's point of view; to feel what another feels.
What part of speech is stand in someone's shoes?
Stand in someone's shoes is a verb.
What is the past tense of stand in someone's shoes?
The past tense of stand in someone's shoes is stood in someone's shoes.

Words near stand in someone's shoes in the dictionary

  1. stand in
  2. stand in for
  3. stand in good stead
  4. stand in one's own light
  5. stand in one's value
  6. stand in someone's shoes
  7. stand in the gap
  8. stand in the gate
  9. stand in the way
  10. stand ins
  11. stand of arms

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