a step taken by a person in walking, especially as heard by another person:he heard footsteps behind himthe footsteps recededhe dogged her footsteps
Phrases
follow (or tread) in someone's footsteps
do as another person did before, especially in making a journey or following a particular career:my father was a flight sergeant and I followed in his footsteps
footstep in other Oxford dictionaries
Definition of footstep in the US English dictionary
