stand in someone's shoes

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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)

(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?

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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

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