step into sb's shoes
also fill sb's shoesto take someone's place, often by doing the job they have just left:
Who do you think will step into Sarah's shoes when she goes?
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Replacing and exchanging
- alternate
- alternatively
- bargain sth away
- change over
- change places idiom
- fill
- name
- part exchange
- pinch-hit
- pre-empt
- proxy
- rep
- represent
- reserve
- sit
- succeed
- succession
- supersede
- supplant
- swap
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