step into shoes

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   to continue a job or the work that sb else has started

   I'm stepping into your shoes as boss.

   He wants... to step into my shoes.

In the movies · 2

• He wants... to step into my shoes.Barry Lyndon1975
• I'm stepping into your shoes as boss.Monkey Business1931
• You stepped on my shoe, bitch!Scary Movie 32003

From the same entry

• break step
• fall into step
• in of step
• mind your step
• one step forward, two steps back
• a step ahead
• a step at a time
• step into the breach
• step on it
• step on toes
• step out of line
• step up to the plate

More idioms

• waste your breath
• at sea
• right on
• nice work
• make do
• a level playing field
• a shoulder to cry on
• a thorn in flesh
• a walk of life
• be a tall order
• be in a jam
• be lost for words