present participle of walk in someone's shoes

plural of high button shoe

(idiomatic) To defer action or decision until another matter is finished or resolved. / (idiomatic) To await a seemingly inevitable event, especially one that is not desirable.

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

(idiomatic) To experience what someone has experienced.

(idiomatic, archaic) As ever existed or lived.

(idiomatic) To prepare for celebration or rejoicing; to put oneself in a positive frame of mind.

(figuratively) To reverse the roles or positions of two things.

(idiomatic, archaic) Alternative form of as ever trod shoe-leather

(colloquial) A gambler's cry in immediate anticipation of winning some money.