follow in footsteps

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   to do the same job, have the same style of life, etc. as sb else, especially sb in your family

   "My father accepts that I want to create for myself, not follow in his footsteps."

   School says you're gonna follow in my footsteps.

In the movies · 2

• School says you're gonna follow in my footsteps.Interstellar2014
• "My father accepts that I want to create for myself, not follow in his footsteps."Inception2010
• ...so you can better follow in his footsteps.Batman: Under the Red Hood2010
• The Jedi Warrior will follow in the footsteps...The Men Who Stare at Goats2009
• We have to do this for Riley. Just follow my footsteps.Inside Out2015
• And I sincerely hope that someday your namesake follows in the footsteps of his old-ass grandpa...Bad Boys for Life2020
• I have to express my admiration for how you followed in your father's footsteps.Knives Out2019
• he's blessed me with another opportunity -to follow in his footsteps. - Amen.The Devil All the Time2020

Learn it in full scenes

• Interstellar2014
  • The Ghost in Murph's Bookshelf
  • Cooper Stumbles Into Secret NASA
  • Cooper Says Goodbye to Murph
• Inside Out2015
  • Broccoli on the Pizza
  • Sadness Nearly Touches a Core Memory
  • Riley Introduces Herself and Cries
• Knives Out2019
  • Police Question the Thrombeys
  • Blanc Introduces Himself to the Family
  • The Family Recounts Party Night

From the same entry

• follow your nose
• follow suit
• a hard act to follow
• follow around
• follow on
• follow through
• follow through
• follow up

More idioms

• put all your eggs in one basket
• put your money where your mouth is
• make a fool of
• make a fool of yourself
• on the safe side
• once in a blue moon
• out of your head
• for once
• feel sorry for yourself
• give a hard time
• the minute
• a train of thought