footsteps
Translation
footsteps, example, path
Examples
I heard footsteps approaching the door.
I heard footsteps approaching the door.
She is following in her father's footsteps.
She is following in her father's footsteps.
Grammar Patterns
footsteps the sound of people walking I heard footsteps in the hall.
to follow in sb.'s footsteps to do the same job or have the same lifestyle as sb. else He wants to follow in his father's footsteps.
Similar Words
Synonyms: path, trail (figurative)
Etymology
The plural of 'footstep'. Used both literally for multiple steps and figuratively for following someone's example.
Memory Tips
For the idiom 'follow in someone's footsteps', picture literally walking in the footprints someone else has left behind to follow their path.