follow in someone's tracks

follow in someone's tracks
follow in someone's tracks & follow in someone's footsteps
to follow someone's example; to assume someone else's role or occupation. •

The vice president was following in the president's footsteps when he called for budget cuts.

She followed in her father's footsteps and went into medicine.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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