follow in someone's footsteps

Also, follow in someone's tracks. Follow someone's example or guidance. For example, Dean hoped his son would follow in his footsteps and become an economist, or Jane tried to follow in her mentor's tracks. [Mid-1500s]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Hertha	HER-tah	German
Sariah	-	Mormon
Zephania	-	Southern African
İSkender	-	Turkish
Josslyn	JAWS-lin	English (Rare)
Kristina	kris-TEE-nah (German)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Russian, German, Slovene, Czech, Lithuanian, Serbian, Croatian, Faroese,