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footstep definition

foot·step (fo̵ot′step′)

noun

  1. a person's step
  2. the distance covered in a step
  3. the sound of a step; footfall
  4. a footprint
  5. a step in a stairway
footstep Idioms

follow in someone's footsteps

to follow someone's example, vocation, etc.; be or try to be like some predecessor

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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