fill someone's boots
English
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editfill someone's boots (third-person singular simple present fills someone's boots, present participle filling someone's boots, simple past and past participle filled someone's boots)
- To take over someone's role.
- Synonym: fill someone's shoes
- 2023 November 15, Ian Prosser talks to Stefanie Foster, “A healthy person is a more productive person”, in RAIL, number 996, page 37:
- He leaves big boots for his successor to fill.