follow in one`s tracks.

[shanta_lurit]

hello.
So I know follow in one`s tracks means following someone`s guidance or example. But what I can`t find on the internet is whether this idiom can be used to say something like this, for instance:
"She walked into the room and he he followed in her tracks.(or in her wake).
thank you for your time.

[Gillnetter]

hello.
So I know follow in one`s tracks means following someone`s guidance or example. But what I can`t find on the internet is whether this idiom can be used to say something like this, for instance:
"She walked into the room and he he followed in her tracks.(or in her wake).
thank you for your time.

One could use the phrase that way but it would not mean guidance or example the way it is normally understood. The way this is written means that he actually placed his feet where she had placed her feet. It's like a person walking through a mine field. The first person walks very carefully and the second person puts his feet exactly where the first person did - that is if the first person didn't get blown up.