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put oneself in someone's shoes en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (figuratively) To try to look at a situation from a different point of view; as if one were the other person; to empathise.
   • 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.

Forms

Relateds

fill someone's shoes · stand in someone's shoes

Synonyms

put oneself in someone's place

Translations (14)

fr se mettre dans la peau de quelqu'un (look at a situation as if one were the other person) · nl zich inleven (look at a situation as if one were the other person) · cmn 將心比心 /将心比心 (look at a situation as if one were the other person) · pl postawić się na czyimś miejscu (look at a situation as if one were the other person) · pt pôr-se no lugar (de alguém) (look at a situation as if one were the other person) · sv leva sig in (look at a situation as if one were the other person) · ru поста́вить себя́ на чьё-то ме́сто (look at a situation as if one were the other person) · it mettersi nei panni di un altro (look at a situation as if one were the other person) · ko 역지사지 (look at a situation as if one were the other person) · fr se mettre à la place (look at a situation as if one were the other person) · sv sätta sig in (look at a situation as if one were the other person) · nl zich in een ander verplaatsen (look at a situation as if one were the other person) · cmn 換位思考 /换位思考 (look at a situation as if one were the other person) · cmn 設身處地 /设身处地 (look at a situation as if one were the other person)