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follow in someone footsteps

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foot⋅step

[foot-step]
–noun
1. the setting down of a foot, or the sound so produced; footfall; tread.
2. the distance covered by a step in walking; pace.
3. a footprint.
4. a step by which to ascend or descend.
5. follow in someone's footsteps, to succeed or imitate another person.

Origin:
1175–1225; ME foote steppe. See foot, step
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Word Origin & History

footstep 
c.1220, "footprint," from foot + step. Meaning "a tread or fall of the foot" is first attested 1535.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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