into one's shoes

See: STEP INTO ONE'S SHOES.

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step into one's shoes

[step into one's shoes] {v. phr.} To do what someone else usually does after he has stopped doing it. * /When Bill's father died, Bill had to step into his […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

shoe

[shoe] See: [COMFORTABLE AS AN OLD SHOE], [COMMON AS AN OLD SHOE], [FILL ONE'S SHOES], [IF THE SHOE FITS, WEAR IT], [IN ONE'S SHOES], [SHAKE IN ONE'S SHOES], [SADDLE SHOE], […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

fill one's shoes

[fill one's shoes] {v. phr.} To take the place of another and do as well; to substitute satisfactorily for. * /When Jack got hurt, the coach had nobody to fill […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

in one's shoes

[in one's shoes] also [in one's boots] {adv. phr.} In or into one's place or position. * /How would you like to be in a lion tamer's boots?/ Compare: [PUT […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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