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footstep

[ 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.


footstep

/ ˈʊˌɛ /

noun

  1. the action of taking a step in walking
  2. the sound made by stepping or walking
  3. the distance covered with a step; pace
  4. a footmark
  5. a single stair; step
  6. to continue the tradition or example of another
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of footstep1

First recorded in 1175–1225, footstep is from Middle English foote steppe. See foot, step
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. follow in someone's footsteps, to succeed or imitate another person.

More idioms and phrases containing footstep

see follow in someone's footsteps .
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Example Sentences

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His older brother was a caddie at a course about eight miles from the family home, and Langer followed in his footsteps.

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The Guardian became the latest UK publisher to start doing this in March, following in the footsteps of the Daily Mirror, the Independent and others.

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The family added that Sarha Smith, "in the footsteps of her mother, unselfishly devoted herself to her family's needs ahead of her own".

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"You see every single footstep," says Clemens Pohl, chief executive, as he points to a chart revealing disturbances in the fibre optic signal.

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Our footsteps squeaked as we walked across the dark wood floorboards.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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