English Explanatory Dictionary

put oneself in someone's shoes

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To try to look at a situation from a different point of view; as if one were the other person; to empathise.

Pronunciation

En-au-put oneself in someone's shoes.ogg

Word forms

put oneself in someone's shoes puts oneself in someone's shoes putting oneself in someone's shoes

Synonyms

put oneself in someone's place

Related words

stand in someone's shoes fill someone's shoes
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