noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
heavy
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As I closed my book at eleven o'clock, I heard a heavy footstep on the stairs.
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She tensed, trembling. Heavy footsteps were mounting the stairs.
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Her thoughts were interrupted by the sound of heavy footsteps and loud barking.
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Footsteps - very heavy footsteps - pounded after him.
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Not the quick, rubber-heeled footsteps of a professional nurse but heavy , masculine footsteps.
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His heavy footsteps were thumping nearer and nearer when the root of a tree sent him sprawling.
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They heard his heavy footsteps descending the stairs.
■ VERB
follow
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Now the powerful midfielder is following in Shearer's footsteps towards stardom.
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Other talented women are fast following in her footsteps .
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He had hopes of following in the footsteps of Dositej and becoming minister of education.
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In fact, as a tomboy, I had every intention of following in her footsteps .
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I had failed miserably to give my readers a true picture of the visual delights awaiting those who followed in my footsteps .
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I had followed in his footsteps .
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You can follow in the footsteps of the legions at Fishbourne Roman Palace: one of the finest built outside Rome itself.
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Maryland should not follow in the footsteps of those states that symbolically got in bed with the Ku Klux Klan.
hear
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Then I heard quiet footsteps moving behind the partition wall.
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At the second house, he hears music and footsteps behind the door, but no one answers.
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Zena pulled on another stocking and heard his footsteps echoing away up the corridor.
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Guards shouted in the corridor where she heard frequent footsteps .
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She hadn't heard his footsteps .
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He heard footsteps walking around in the room above and then descending the stairs.
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He heard footsteps passing his door as some one made their way home.
listen
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He stood listening to the footsteps coming closer to him.
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Hayman listened to Manville's footsteps fading away town the corridor outside.
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I listened for footsteps , but none came.
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Alexei had been listening for other footsteps coming along the bridge.
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They sat silently and listened to her footsteps fading away down the staircase.
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She stood with closed eyes, listening to the measured footsteps .
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She listened to footsteps in the hall, a muttered conversation.
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She switched off the light, and waited in the silence, listening to the footsteps downstairs.
retrace
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I retraced the footsteps of the young victim as she set about her ill-fated round that morning.
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Would it not make a wonderful detecting trip to retrace the fellow's footsteps and survey the ground once denied to us?
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He retraced his footsteps and stayed around for a while, but it was too cold to linger long.
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The Doctor retraced Mait's footsteps in the dust.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
follow in sb's footsteps
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My father was always disappointed that Joey didn't follow in his footsteps and take over the farm.
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We will watch with interest what happens to these two women officers and to the young women who wish to follow in their footsteps.
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And what would become of the two remaining women cadets, and the many more who hoped to follow in their footsteps?
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He had hopes of following in the footsteps of Dositej and becoming minister of education.
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Now the powerful midfielder is following in Shearer's footsteps towards stardom.
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Other talented women are fast following in her footsteps.
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Popular dancers who tried to follow in his tapping footsteps understood what he had accomplished.
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The division has followed in the footsteps of Pochin's mobile concrete pumping division who achieved the accreditation last year.
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There were few chuckles in this heavy duty drama, which followed in the footsteps of Widows, Prime Suspect Civvies.
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You can follow in the footsteps of the legions at Fishbourne Roman Palace: one of the finest built outside Rome itself.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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He heard someone's footsteps in the hall.
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I could always recognise my mother's footsteps as she scurried up the stairs.
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Suddenly Rachel heard footsteps behind her in the dark street.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A footstep broke the silence and approached to within ten paces of Blackburn and waited.
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All turned to look back at the door as the footsteps approached on the flagstones.
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Another door slammed, footsteps sounded on the cement patio.
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He heard her footsteps, heard her key in the lock.
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I entered, and the sound of my footsteps and voice echoed strangely through the empty halls.
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The footsteps were getting nearer and from the sound of it there were at least a dozen men.
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They heard his heavy footsteps descending the stairs.
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Yes, there were gateways here in this Castle, where midnight footsteps trod purposefully down the halls ... Footsteps.