Idiom
step into someone's shoes
Meaning
Synonym of stand in someone's shoes (“see from another's point of view”).
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“It is hard to step into someone's shoes when you disagree.”
“Before you judge your coworker, try to step into their shoes and understand their daily stress.”
“To resolve the conflict, the mediator encouraged each party to step into the other's shoes, hoping that empathy might bridge their deep ideological divide.”
Examples
simple
“It is hard to step into someone's shoes when you disagree.”
contextual
“Before you judge your coworker, try to step into their shoes and understand their daily stress.”
complex
“To resolve the conflict, the mediator encouraged each party to step into the other's shoes, hoping that empathy might bridge their deep ideological divide.”
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