- the sound or mark made each time your foot touches the ground when you are walking or running
- the sound of footsteps on the stairs
- footsteps in the snow
Extra Examples- He heard the sound of heavy, dragging footsteps in the corridor.
- Her footsteps died away as she walked down the path.
- She listened for her mother's footsteps.
- The footsteps came closer as she listened.
- At his back he could hear approaching footsteps.
- The footsteps stopped, and I could hear nothing at all.
- There was the sound of a phone being slammed down followed by receding footsteps.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- heavy
- light
- dragging
- …
- hear
- listen to
- listen for
- …
- run
- walk
- halt
- …
- the sound of (somebody’s) footsteps
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Idioms
See footstep in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee footstep in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishfollow in somebody’s footsteps
- to do the same job, have the same style of life, etc. as somebody else, especially somebody in your family
- She works in television, following in her father's footsteps.
- He wanted to follow in his mother's footsteps and be a ballroom dancer.
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