follow in someone's footsteps
tread in someone's steps
take after
traversal
walk
take the initiative
walk the walk
backward
understudy
swagger
cosplay
alternate
tailing
be out for
dealing
woman up
self-reflect
passage
lead up to
ride bitch
stick by
bark up the wrong tree
follower
run with
go one's own way
perseveringly
vote with one's feet
foreleader
steer
back and forth
pattern
pioneer
follow someone to the ends of the earth
wed
follow suit
progressor
make way
plough one's own furrow
come after
second
backtracking
get after
lead
striding
while one is at it
unchanging
go by
intention
transumption
initiative
live
pathlike
incline
deal with
follow
tread
carry oneself
walk the talk
shuffle
balance
muscle up
chase
progression
do by
analogize
behave
go with the flow
congener
side with
advance
solitarization
fend
dance to someone's tune
pursue
counter
observe
obsessive
pursuingly
point person
avenuelike
deal
keep
eat an elephant one bite at a time
back
push past
steplike
trudging
dangling
trailblazer
do not pass go, do not collect £200
prompt
department
track
enterprise
pick up on