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foot⋅step

  [foot-step]
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–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.
—Idiom
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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foot·print   (fŏŏt'prĭnt')   
n.  
  1. An outline or indentation left by a foot on a surface. Also called footmark, footstep.
  2. The surface space occupied by a structure or device: the footprint of a building; a microcomputer with a space-saving footprint.
  3. An area within which a spacecraft is supposed to land.
  4. A designated area affected or covered by a device or phenomenon: the footprint of a communications satellite.
foot·step   (fŏŏt'stěp')   
n.  
    1. A step with the foot.
    2. The sound of a foot stepping. Also called footfall.
  2. The distance covered by a step: a footstep away.
  3. See footprint.
  4. A step on which to go up or down.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Footstep

Foot"step`\, n. 1. The mark or impression of the foot; a track; hence, visible sign of a course pursued; token; mark; as, the footsteps of divine wisdom.

How on the faltering footsteps of decay Youth presses. --Bryant.

2. An inclined plane under a hand printing press.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : footstep
Spanish: paso, pisada,
German: der Schritt,
Japanese: 足音
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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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footstep

see follow in someone's footsteps.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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