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- Dictionaryfootstep/ˈfʊtstɛp/
noun
- 1. a step taken by a person in walking, especially as heard by another person: "he heard footsteps behind him" Similar
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FOOTSTEP definition: 1. the sound or mark made by a person walking as their foot touches the ground: 2. the route or…. Learn more.
Footstep definition: the setting down of a foot, or the sound so produced; footfall; tread.. See examples of FOOTSTEP used in a sentence.
: a way of life, conduct, or action. followed in his father's footsteps. Synonyms. footmark. footprint. step. trace. vestige. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of footstep in a Sentence. She slowly took one footstep toward the frightened animal. It's five footsteps from the bedroom to the bathroom.
to do the same job, have the same style of life, etc. as somebody else, especially somebody in your family. She works in television, following in her father's footsteps. He wanted to follow in his mother's footsteps and be a ballroom dancer.
A footstep is the sound made by someone's feet touching the ground when they are walking or running.
noun. the act of taking a step in walking. see more. see less. type of: step. the act of changing location by raising the foot and setting it down. noun. the distance covered by a step.
1. the setting down of a foot, or the sound so produced. 2. the distance covered by a step in walking; pace.
the route or journey a person takes in order to reach a place or to achieve something: follow someone's footsteps The experience allows you to follow the footsteps of the explorers to Earth's last great wilderness. The team set out to follow the footsteps of Captain Robert Falcon Scott.
1. A footstep is the sound or mark that is made by someone walking each time their foot touches the ground. [...] 2. See to follow in someone's footsteps [...] More. Synonyms of 'footstep' • step, tread, footfall [...] • footprint, mark, track, trace [...] More. Collocations with the word 'footstep' hear footsteps heavy footsteps.
emulate. tread. footprint. idiom. follow in (someone's) footsteps. To carry on the behavior, work, or tradition of. American Heritage. follow in someone's footsteps. to follow someone's example, vocation, etc.; be or try to be like some predecessor.
