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See: FOLLOW IN ONE'S FOOTSTEPS.

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follow in one's footsteps

[follow in one's footsteps] also [follow in one's tracks] {v. phr.} To follow someone's example; follow someone exactly. * /He followed in his father's footsteps and became a doctor./ Compare: […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

in one's footsteps

[in one's footsteps] See: [FOLLOW IN ONE'S FOOTSTEPS]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

in one's tracks

[in one's tracks] {adv. phr.}, {informal} 1. Just where one is at the moment; abruptly; immediately. * /The hunter's rifle cracked and the rabbit dropped in his tracks./ * /Mary […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

like father, like son

[like father, like son] A son is usually like his father in the way he acts. - A proverb. * /Frank's father has been on the city council; he is […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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