Follow in (one's) footsteps, idiom. To pursue something that | New 🇬🇧 word every day

Follow in (one's) footsteps, idiom.

To pursue something that someone else (often a family member) has already done.

“My father was an engineer, and I plan to follow in his footsteps and study engineering in college. I am following in my sister's footsteps and joining her old sorority”.