stand in someone's shoes

English

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Verb

stand in someone's shoes (third-person singular simple present stands in someone's shoes, present participle standing in someone's shoes, simple past and past participle stood in someone's shoes)

1. (idiomatic) to see from another's point of view; to feel what another feels.

   How would it be, if you were standing in my shoes?

Related terms

• put oneself in someone's shoes
• step into someone's shoes
• walk in someone's shoes

Translations

to be in situation of somebody else

• Czech: být na něčím místě, být někým (být tebou apod.), (in negative sentences - with not want to:) být v něčí kůži
• German: an j-s Stelle sein, an j-s Stelle stehen, Wenn ich du wäre (und ähnlich), (in negative sentences - with not want to:) in j-s Haut stecken