tread in someone's footsteps
Emulate another's path
To tread in someone's footsteps is to follow their path or example, especially by pursuing the same career or lifestyle: She trod in her mother's footsteps and became a surgeon.
The image is of walking where another has walked before.
Also *follow in someone's footsteps*.
- imitateReproduce another's behavior
- aspireSeek to achieve
- trailPath through wilderness
- mimicOne who copies others
- emulateCopy with aspiration
tradition · carry the torch · example · inheritance · shadow · follow · follow suit · footprints · succession · next generation · family business · chip off the old block · idolize · precedent · inspiration · mentorship · replicate · role model
tread in someone's footstepsblaze a trail
Create a new route
break new ground · pioneer · trailblaze · innovate · break the mold
tread in someone's footstepsgo one's own way
Act independently of others
buck the trend · do one's own thing · break away · rebel · stand apart
treads, treading, treader, footstep, footprint, footwear, barefoot, underfoot, stepwise