step into someone's shoes

English

Verb

step into someone's shoes (third-person singular simple present steps into someone's shoes, present participle stepping into someone's shoes, simple past and past participle stepped into someone's shoes)

  1. (idiomatic) Synonym of stand in someone's shoes (“see from another's point of view”).
    • 2019 June 2, Joscelyn Duffy, “The Power of Perspective Taking”, in Pyschology Today‎[1]:
      The process is one of leaning in to see the world through someone’s lens, rather than fully stepping into their shoes.
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