follow in sb's footsteps
C2 to do the same thing as someone else did previously:
She followed in her mother's footsteps, starting her own business.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Repeating an action
- bring
- bring sth back
- circle
- come/go/turn full circle idiom
- comeback
- do sth over
- eye
- keep on doing sth
- keep your eye in idiom
- performance
- practice
- practise
- repeat
- revert to sth
- revisit
- there you go again idiom
- warm
- warm sth over
- warmed-over
- wave
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