put oneself in someone's shoes
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editput oneself in someone's shoes (third-person singular simple present puts oneself in someone's shoes, present participle putting oneself in someone's shoes, simple past and past participle put oneself in someone's shoes)
- (figuratively) To try to look at a situation from a different point of view; as if one were the other person; to empathise.
- Synonym: put oneself in someone's place
- If you could just put yourself in his shoes for a moment, perhaps you would understand why it is not as easy as you seem to think.
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editlook at a situation as if one were the other person
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