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fill one's shoes

fill one's shoes {v. phr.}

To take the place of another and do as well; to substitute satisfactorily for.

When Jack got hurt, the coach had nobody to fill his shoes.

Joe hopes to fill his father's shoes.

See: IN ONE'S SHOES.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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