FILL SOMEONE'S SHOES (OR BOOTS)

Meaning of FILL SOMEONE'S SHOES (OR BOOTS) in English

fill someone's shoes ( or boots)

informal

take over someone's role and fulfil it satisfactorily.

→ fill

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SOMEONE — alcun, alquí
English interlingue dictionary
SHOES — sapatos
English-Visayan vocabulary
SOMEONE — pronoun Date: 14th century some person ; somebody
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BOOTS — noun plural but singular or plural in construction Etymology: from plural of 3boot Date: circa 1837 a servant who shines …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
OR — I. _ə(r), (|)ȯ(ə)r, (|)ȯ(ə), in southern US also (|)ä(r) conjunction Etymology: Middle English other, or, from Old English oththe, oththa, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FILL
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BOOTS — I. present third singular of boot II. ˈbüts noun plural but singular in construction Etymology: from plural of boot (III) …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SOMEONE — ˈsəm(ˌ)wən pronoun Etymology: Middle English sum oon, from sum, som some + oon one : some person : somebody hoping …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SHOES — (pl. ) of Shoe
Английский словарь Webster
BOOTS — (n.) A servant at a hotel or elsewhere, who cleans and blacks the boots and shoes.
Английский словарь Webster
SHOES — ( pl. ) of Shoe
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BOOTS — ( n. ) A servant at a hotel or elsewhere, who cleans and blacks the boots and shoes.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SOMEONE — /sum"wun', -weuhn/ , pron. some person; somebody. [ 1275-1325; ME; see SOME, ONE ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FILL — — fillable , adj. /fil/ , v.t. 1. to make full; put as much as can be held into: to …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BOOTS — /boohts/ , n. , pl. boots . Brit. a servant, as at a hotel, who blacks or polishes shoes and …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SOMEONE — pron. some person, somebody
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SOMEONE — n. person, human, human being
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
BOOTS — n. shoe which reaches to mid-calf or knee; hotel attendant; trunk of a car
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
FILL — I. ˈfil verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English fyllan; akin to Old English full full Date: before 12th century …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SOMEONE — pronoun Date: 14th century : some person : somebody
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BOOTS — noun plural but singular or plural in construction Etymology: from plural of boot (III) Date: circa 1837 British : a …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SHOES — pl of shoe.
Webster English vocab
FILL — vi to fill a cup or glass for drinking. 2. fill ·noun one of the thills or shafts of a …
Webster English vocab
BOOTS — noun a servant at a hotel or elsewhere, who cleans and blacks the boots and shoes.
Webster English vocab
SOMEONE — ■ pronoun 1》 an unknown or unspecified person. 2》 a person of importance or authority.
Concise Oxford English vocab
BOOTS — ■ noun Brit. dated a hotel employee performing menial tasks such as cleaning shoes. Origin C18: plural of boot 1 …
Concise Oxford English vocab
SOMEONE — [some.one] pron (14c): some person: somebody
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BOOTS — [boots] n pl but sing or pl in constr [fr. pl. of [3]boot] (ca. 1837) Brit: a servant who shines …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SOMEONE — someone BrE AmE ˈsʌm wʌn § \ -wɒn ▶ ˌ someone ˈ clever BrE AmE ▶ ˌ someone ˈ else …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
BOOTS — Boots trademark BrE AmE buːts
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SOMEONE — / ˈsʌmwʌn; NAmE / (also some·body ) pronoun 1. a person who is not known or mentioned by name : …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FILL — / fɪl; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb MAKE FULL 1. fill (sth) (with sth) to make sth full …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SOMEONE — I. some ‧ one 1 S1 W1 /ˈsʌmwʌn/ BrE AmE pronoun used to mean a person, when you do not …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
OR — or S1 W1 /ə; strong ɔː $ ər strong ɔːr/ BrE AmE conjunction [ Language: Old English ; Origin: oththe …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FILL
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BOOTS — Boots /buːts/ BrE AmE trademark a British shop in almost every town in the UK, where you can buy medicines, …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SOMEONE — n. & pron. = SOMEBODY.
Английский основной разговорный словарь
OR — conj. 1 a introducing the second of two alternatives (white or black). b introducing all but the first, or only …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FILL — v. & n. --v. 1 tr. & intr. (often foll. by with) make or become full. 2 tr. occupy completely; …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BOOTS — n. Brit. a hotel servant who cleans boots and shoes, carries luggage. etc.
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SOMEONE — n. & pron. = SOMEBODY.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OR — conj. 1 a introducing the second of two alternatives (white or black). b introducing all but the first, or only …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FILL — v. & n. v. 1 tr. & intr. (often foll. by with) make or become full. 2 tr. occupy completely; …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BOOTS — n. Brit. a hotel servant who cleans boots and shoes, carries luggage. etc.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SOMEONE — n. & pron. SOMEBODY.
Oxford English vocab
OR — 1.conj. 1. a introducing the second of two alternatives (white or black). b introducing all but the first, or only …
Oxford English vocab
FILL — v. & n. --v. 1. tr. & intr. (often foll. by with) make or become full. 2 tr. occupy completely; …
Oxford English vocab
BOOTS — n. Brit. a hotel servant who cleans boots and shoes, carries luggage. etc.
Oxford English vocab
SOMEONE — or somebody Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. You use someone or …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OR — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You use or to link two …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FILL — ( fills, filling, filled) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. If you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SOMEONE — or somebody Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. You use ~ or …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SOMEONE — pronoun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES take someone on an expedition ▪ He’s taking the boys on a camping expedition next …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
OR
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FILL — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES be filled to capacity (= be completely full ) ▪ The courtroom was filled …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SOMEONE — somebody [pronoun] - a single personThere's someone outside the house.Someone must have seen what happened.Surely someone knows where the documents …
Cambridge English vocab
SOMEONE — Synonyms and related words : Adamite, being, body, cat, chap, character, creature, customer, duck, earthling, fellow, groundling, guy, hand, head, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
BOOTS — Formula 1 slang for the wheels and tyres of a racing car. Example: And that's Olivier Panis in to change …
Slang English vocab
BOOTS — The youngest officer in a regimental mess, whose duty it is to skink, that is, to stir the fire, snuff …
Slang English vocab
SOMEONE — pron. Function: pronoun Synonyms: SOMEBODY
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
SOMEONE — pronoun Synonyms: somebody
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
BOOTS — • ↑ get too big for your boots
Longman Activator English vocab
FILL — n. 25B6; verb he filled a bowl with cereal : MAKE/BECOME FULL, fill up, fill to the brim, top up, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary

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