stand in someone's shoes

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Verb

stand in someone's shoes

1. (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?

Related terms

• put oneself in someone's shoes

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
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• 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