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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

fill someone's boots en · VERB

Meanings

  1. To take over someone's role.
    • He leaves big boots for his successor to fill. 2023 November 15, Ian Prosser talks to Stefanie Foster, “A healthy person is a more productive person”, in RAIL, number 996, page 37:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
filling someone's boots Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
filled someone's boots Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
filled someone's boots Tense=Past lexicographic
fills someone's boots Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Relateds

fill one's boots · step into someone's shoes

Synonyms

fill someone's shoes