follow in (one's) footsteps
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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 footsteps and study engineering in college. I am following in my sister's footsteps and joining her old sorority.
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follow in someone's footsteps
Also, follow in someone's tracks. Follow someone's example or guidance. For example, Dean hoped his son would follow in his footsteps and become an economist, or Jane tried to follow in her mentor's tracks. [Mid-1500s]
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follow in someone's footsteps
COMMON If you follow in someone's footsteps, you do the same thing that they did. Rudolph Garvin was a college student, the son of a physician, who wanted to follow in his father's footsteps. He has developed on the pitch into a highly talented player, poised to follow in the footsteps of such Portuguese greats as Eusebio.
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follow (or tread) in someone's footsteps
do as another person did before, especially in making a journey or following an occupation.Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary © Farlex 2017
follow in somebody’s ˈfootsteps
to do the same job, have the same style of life, etc. as somebody else, especially somebody in your family: He followed in his dad’s footsteps and became a lawyer.Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary © Farlex 2017
follow in (someone's) footsteps
To carry on the behavior, work, or tradition of.
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