stand in someone's shoes en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(idiomatic) To see from another's point of view; to feel what another feels.
“So it took an eight-year-old child to bring ‘em to their senses, didn’t it?” said Atticus. “That proves something—that a gang of wild animals can be stopped, simply because they’re still human. Hmp, maybe we need a police force of children… you children last night made Walter Cunningham stand in my shoes for a minute. That was enough.”
1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC:How would it be, if you were standing in my shoes?
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| stood in someone's shoes | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| stood in someone's shoes | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| stands in someone's shoes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| standing in someone's shoes | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Relateds
in someone's shoes · step into someone's shoes · put oneself in someone's shoes · walk in someone's shoes
Translations (8)
de in jemandes Haut stecken (to be in situation of somebody else) · cs být na něčím místě (to be in situation of somebody else) · de wenn ich du wäre (to be in situation of somebody else) · de an jemandes Stelle stehen (to be in situation of somebody else) · de an jemandes Stelle sein (to be in situation of somebody else) · cs být v něčí kůži (to be in situation of somebody else) · cs být někým (být tebou apod.) (to be in situation of somebody else) · pl postawić się na czyimś miejscu (to be in situation of somebody else)