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follow in (one's) tracks

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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
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. © 2015 Farlex, Inc, all rights reserved.

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
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
See also:
  • follow in tracks
  • follow in (one's) footsteps
  • follow in footsteps
  • follow in somebody's footsteps
  • follow in someone's footsteps
  • right side of the tracks
  • the right side of the tracks
  • in (one's) tracks
  • in tracks
  • a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush


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