Occasionally, however, when someone says "I followed you," they mean, quite literally, that for the past 24 hours he or she has been physically tracing your footsteps, staying hidden from view, and monitoring the banal details of your daily life.
To follow in Superman's footsteps, stay at the Radisson Blu in St Helier (doubles from £139, radissonblu.co.uk).
In mid-August, when it became clear that Riyad Mahrez was following in Jamie Vardy's footsteps and staying at Leicester City, Claudio Ranieri was asked how many players he imagined he would lose in the wake of winning the Premier League title.
Holidaymakers following in their footsteps could stay at Costantinopoli 104, a boutique hotel in central Naples (doubles from around £130 a night, +39 081 557 1035, costantinopoli104.it).
You can walk carefully in the footsteps of moderation and responsibility, staying within a few standard deviations of the conventional wisdom, or you can wave the bright flag of opposition.
Bravo for following in the footsteps of your father, your mother, and staying in the protection of your family.
At five-thirty one morning, he was leaving the motel room where he was staying, to get coffee, when he heard footsteps behind him.
With others in India and Southeast Asia following in his corporate-care footsteps, Dr. Reddy insists that demand stays ahead of supply.
But François's final test, when he follows Huysmans's footsteps to the monastery where he stayed, is a failure, and the aureole of the virgin fades for good.
But the quartet of Dodds, Birchall, Johnson and Morris follow in the footsteps of Daniel Jones, who signed a deal to stay at Vale Park last week.
However Rose Justice, a keen youth decides to stay positive, and following in her family's footsteps, becomes an American ATA pilot.
