Question

What do the footsteps of the father refer to?

Answer 1

Following father's footsteps mean that the child is trying to copy his father's actions or behaviour.

When a child follows the same hobby or profession like his or her father, it is said that the child is following father's footsteps.

For example -

When a doctor's son joins a medical college to become a doctor, it can be said that he is following father's footsteps.