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tread in someone's footsteps

tread in someone's footsteps is the alternative form of tread in someone's steps.

Meaning of tread in someone's steps

Verb

tread in someone's steps (third-person singular simple present treads in someone's steps, present participle treading in someone's steps, simple past trod in someone's steps or tread in someone's steps or treaded in someone's steps, past participle trod in someone's steps or tread in someone's steps or trodden in someone's steps or treaded in someone's steps)

  1. To follow someone's example; to behave as someone did.

Forms of tread in someone's footsteps

third-person singular presenttreads in someone's footsteps
present participletreading in someone's footsteps
pasttrod in someone's footsteps
pasttread in someone's footsteps
pasttreaded in someone's footsteps
past participletrod in someone's footsteps
past participletrodden in someone's footsteps
past participletread in someone's footsteps
past participletreaded in someone's footsteps

Questions about tread in someone's footsteps

What is tread in someone's footsteps the alternative form of?
Tread in someone's footsteps is the alternative form of tread in someone's steps.

Words near tread in someone's footsteps in the dictionary

  1. Treacys
  2. tread
  3. tread a measure
  4. tread carefully
  5. tread down
  6. tread in someone's footsteps
  7. tread in someone's steps
  8. tread lightly
  9. tread on
  10. tread on eggshells
  11. tread on someone's corns

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