seguire le orme

Italian

Alternative forms

• calcare le orme
• ricalcare le orme
• fiutare le orme

Etymology

Literally, “to follow the footprints”.

Verb

seguìre le orme (first-person singular present séguo le orme or sèguo le orme, first-person singular past historic seguìi le orme, past participle seguìto le orme, auxiliary avére)

1. to follow or dog [with di ‘someone’]

   Synonyms: pedinare, tallonare; see also Thesaurus:seguire

2. to try to imitate or copy [with di ‘someone’]; to follow in someone's footsteps

   Synonyms: imitare, copiare, scopiazzare, prendere a esempio