stand in someone's shoes

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stand in someone's shoes (third-person singular simple present stands in someone's shoes, present participle standing in someone's shoes, simple past and past participle stood 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?

• put oneself in someone's shoes
• step into someone's shoes
• walk in someone's shoes