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Phrase(s): in someone else’s shoes [and] in someone else’s place
Fig. seeing or experiencing something from someone else’s point of view. (See also in a bind and the examples.) • You might feel different if you were in her shoes. • Pretend you’re in Tom’s place, and then try to figure out why he acts the way he does.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs