follow in (one's) tracks

follow in (one's) tracks

To pursue something that someone else (often a family member) has already done. My father was an engineer, and I plan to follow in his tracks and study engineering in college. I am following in my sister's tracks and joining her old sorority.

See also: follow, track

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follow in someone's tracks

 and follow in someone's footsteps

to follow someone's example; to assume someone else's role or occupation. The vice president was following in the president's footsteps when he called for budget cuts. She followed in her father's footsteps and went into medicine.

See also: follow, track

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