put oneself in someone's shoes

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Verb

put oneself in someone's shoes

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.

   Synonym: put oneself in someone's place

Translations

look at a situation as if one were the other person

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 设身处地 (zh)

• Dutch: zich in een ander verplaatsen
• Finnish: asettua asemaan (+ possessive suffix)

• French: se mettre à la place (fr)
• Italian: mettersi nei panni di un altro
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: поста́вить себя́ на ме́сто (postávitʹ sebjá na mésto)

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