follow in (one's) footsteps

To pursue something that someone else (often a family member) has already done. My father was an engineer, and I plan to follow in his footsteps and study engineering in college. I am following in my sister's footsteps and joining her old sorority.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Lester	['lestə]
BlaŽ	-	Slovene, Croatian
Ioseph	-	Biblical Greek, Biblical Latin
Aloisio	-	Italian
Zechariah	zek-ə-RIE-ə (English)	Biblical, English
Almas	-	Arabic