seguire le orme

Italian

Alternative forms

  • calcare le orme
  • ricalcare le orme
  • fiutare le orme

Etymology

Literally, “to follow the footprints”.

Verb

seguìre le orme (first-person singular present séguo le orme or sèguo le orme, first-person singular past historic seguìi le orme, past participle seguìto le orme, auxiliary avére)

  1. to follow or dog [with di ‘someone’]
    Synonyms: pedinare, tallonare; see also Thesaurus:seguire
  2. to try to imitate or copy [with di ‘someone’]; to follow in someone's footsteps
    Synonyms: imitare, copiare, scopiazzare, prendere a esempio
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