tread in someone's steps

== English == === Alternative forms === tread in someone's footsteps === Verb === tread in someone's steps (third-person singular simple present treads in someone's steps, present participle treading in someone's steps, simple past trod in someone's steps or tread in someone's steps or treaded in someone's steps, past participle trod in someone's steps or tread in someone's steps or trodden in someone's steps or treaded in someone's steps) To follow someone's example; to behave as someone did. Synonyms: tread in someone's footsteps, follow in someone's footsteps